These Quotes Capture A Tragedy - Harambe the Gorilla's Death has Sparked Massive Outrage
These Quotes Capture A Tragedy - Harambe the Gorilla's Death has Sparked Massive Outrage
Harambe the gorilla's death has raised a lot of questions, dividing people on the solution and who should take the blame.
Harambe the gorilla's death has raised a lot of questions, dividing people on the solution and who should take the blame.
Newsman
The internet continued its outrage today in the wake of Harambe, the Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla that was killed over the weekend. People are demanding charges be taken against the parents who allowed their child to fall into the gorilla pen.
mrspavliny@
#hambre could've been handled way differently. An endangered species and U kill him?!?! REALLY....WTF?!?! The parent shoulda got shot instead
@mygayopinion
A gorilla is shot to death because nobody's watching a 3 yo climb over a fence.Why I hate zoos & parents who don't watch their kids! #Harambe
@jeffreykluger
Stop the mommy-shaming, people! This sort of thing could happen to any parent.
Angry mob
Justice for Harambe! Blame the Zoo! Blame the parent! An investigation into the child's home environment must be done to bring about justice! Join the 455,000 strong and sign the petition!
https://www.change.org/p/cincinnati-zoo-justice-for-harambe
@brockky_10
It was completely unnecessary to kill Harambe. He was only trying to protect the child which the parents obviously failed to do. #RIPHarambe
Newsman
While Zoo officials have said that a tranquilizer would have taken up to 10 minutes to sedate the 17-year-old 450lb silverback and that shooting him was the only solution, people remain divided on the issue.
@countryairport
@CincinnatiZoo: Your irrational killing of a playful and protective #gorilla shows your incompetence to protect ANY species. Poor #Hambre.
Jack Hanna
Hey everybody, Jack Hanna, world-famous animal expert and zookeeper here. So, regarding Harambe...
Jack Hanna
“I’ve seen him take a green coconut, which you can’t bust open with a sledgehammer and squish it like this. You’re dealing with either human life or animal life here. So what is the decision? I think it’s very simple to figure that out.”
Newsman
Apparently, for some reason, a few "respected" media outlets thought Donald Trump's opinion was needed.
CNN
Would Donald Trump have killed the gorilla?
Everyone
Shut up, CNN.
Newsman
Despite unqualified people being asked their opinion on the matter of the gorilla's death, rational voices like former zookeeper, Amanda O’Donoughue, are providing much-needed insight.
Amanda O’Donoughue
Males do very elaborate displays when highly agitated, slamming and dragging things about...Harambe was most likely not going to separate himself from that child without seriously hurting him first.
@Morgan_Warner98
But really if there wasn't a zoo in the first place there would be no issue #notourstoexploit #hambre
@ronny_why
Felt sorry for #Harambe. Had been kept in a cage to entertain and yet ended his life shot dead. Saddened.
Newsman
While the actions of the parents and the zoo have been brought into question. The tragedy raises a bigger issue: are conservation efforts justifiable enough for keeping large animals like gorillas, elephants and killer whales in small enclosures?
@saraschaefer1
Harambe is dead because we're more comfortable if zoos don't *look* like the cages they are.
@SomeKindofJesse
Upsetting news about the gorilla being killed today. Even more upsetting that zoos are still a thing.
@cammy_b_love
The alt. for many zoo animals is extinction by poaching or climate change. Zoos are a conservation tool, not a for profit hostage zone.
Newsman
A complicated question with an answer that deserves much thought.