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| While it is impossible to know what the gorilla would have done to the boy, there was a high probability it would have harmed him, if you go by the research on primate behaviour. (video below) |
May 29, 2016, NewsCrunch
Cincinnati Zoo officials were forced to kill an endangered gorilla to rescue a boy, who had fallen into the moat.
They decided to shoot the 17-year-old magnificent animal after it grabbed the three-year-old boy and dragged him for around 10 minutes.
A disturbing video shows the boy sitting in front of the gorilla, which lays its hands on him. You can hear the terrified people, including the buy's mother, screaming in the background.
Initial reports said officials had tranquilised the animal to rescue the boy. But they seem to have decided not to take chances and shoot the animal dead.
The zoo officials have defended their action saying it was the right thing to do.
While it is impossible to know what the gorilla would have done to the boy, there was a high probability it would have harmed him, if you go by the research on primate behaviour.
When Jane Goodall was researching on wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, she had build a cage to lock up her young son.
In an interview* she had explained that it was natural for humans and chimpanzees to eat each other. The chimps see us as just another ape and there have been recorded of them carrying away human babies, she had noted.
(Interview with Jane Goddall in We are all Stardust by Stefan Klein (Speaking Tiger, 2016, Rs 399).
In an interview* she had explained that it was natural for humans and chimpanzees to eat each other. The chimps see us as just another ape and there have been recorded of them carrying away human babies, she had noted.
(Interview with Jane Goddall in We are all Stardust by Stefan Klein (Speaking Tiger, 2016, Rs 399).