Summary: Gorilla Harambe

On Saturday, May 28, 2016, Harambe a very rare silverback gorilla was shot and killed at Cincinnati Zoo. A three year old boy climbed through the railings, at his own risk, and down a fifteen foot drop into Harambe’s secluded enclosure. The gorilla was then seen picking up the boy and dragging him into the water. The boy suffered injuries but mainly from the fall. The question that has been taking over the internet and news stations, should the gorilla have been shot and killed to get the young child out of there to safety?

The next morning, another zoo was scheduled to dissect a young lion and made it a part of their “animals inside out”. “Euthanizing” was their reason to control population. But the funny thing is that neither had to dissected a mammal larger than a rat. In 2014 not that long after Marius the giraffe was shot at the previous zoo. A British zoo professional had a talk with Bengt Holst the zoo’s scientific director. The professor asked Holst “What the fuck were you thinking?”. Zoo directors in the U.S. and Europe have a job with other unknown employs. Just to discuss with people who run the amusement parks and art

and beards. The silverback is the leader of the group. He is the father to all of the young in his group, and he likes to play with the older ones. Sometimes there are two Silverbacks in the group, and they share the responsibilities of leadership, but one is usually more powerful than the other. and then there are the young and their mothers.

Ross Greene, an experienced conservationist working and residing in the African Congo, sprints to his run-down Jeep, the car keys jingling in the pocket of his dirty cargo shorts. In a few short seconds, Ross’ vehicle roars to life, transporting him to yet another wildlife catastrophe caused by tree loggers in the nearby area. On this particular sunny day, a family of young gorillas has lost their home in the forest, their hair-raising cries and shrieks traveling for miles on end. Ross cringes as he hears the horrible noises, because no animal should have to go through this stressful process in the name of consumer goods. This type of situation is no new occurrence to Ross; Ever since loggers have taken over this area of the African Congo,

The staff members thought he was trying to attack the little boy. He was born May 27, 1999. He was a 440 lb male silverback gorilla ("Killing of Harambe"). In 2014 he was transferred to Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to learn adult gorilla behavior. Witnesses saw the little boy fall, but don't know exactly how it happened. Staff members motioned the 3 gorillas in the habitat (2 females and Harambe) to go back inside until everything was back to normal, the females did but Harambe stayed outside figuring out a way to get the little boy out of the habitat moat. For over 10 minutes he was increasingly "agitated and disoriented" by screams of onlookers ("Killing of Harambe"). After a bit he got him out of the moat and climbed up the moat ladder. Workers shot him with one single shot. Firefighters later said that the little boy was between Harambe's legs when he got shot ("Killing of Harambe"). "We are not amused by the memes, petitions, and signs about Harambe." -Cincinnati Zoo

Gorilla gorilla gorilla, is better known by its common name, western lowland gorilla (National Geographic Society n.d.). The western lowland gorilla is a subspecies of the Genus Gorilla, within the Suborder Haplorhini (Table 1). G. gorilla gorilla is found in Central to Western Africa in lowlands, swamps, and tropical and subtropical forests (San Diego Zoo Global 2006; World Wildlife Fund n.d.a.).

The Western Lowland Gorillas are critically endangered animals that require our protection and support. The Western Lowland Gorillas’ greatest threat is poaching the gorillas for food and the destruction of their natural habitat. Wildlife preserves are constructed, but the poaching continues due to unstable governments and high price of the gorillas’ meat. The governments in African countries must be stabilized to prevent poaching and destruction of the Western Lowland Gorillas habitat or these animals will become extinct.

I bribed soldiers to take me to the mountain to see the gorillas when in 1969 a young gorilla named peanuts touched my hand. Bob campbell caught it on tape and later said that it seemed a little to overwhelming. I later went to cambridge university in England to receive my Ph.d in zoology and i did in the same year of 1966.. When i returned to Rwanda, Africa there were an estimated number of 480 mountain gorillas left i became afraid for the gorillas lives to be lost to the poachers uncontrollable killings of many mountain gorillas. My worst fear came true on New Year's day of 1978. My favorite male gorilla named digit was found with spear wounds and his head and hands cut off (put down stuffed gorilla) i became crazy from my devastation. I resigned dictatorship or Karisoke and became a visiting associate professor at Cornell university in Ithaca, New York in

I did my project on the lowland gorilla. I chose this animal because lowland gorillas are very uniques and I think that there are one of the most recognizable in the apes family. The scientific name for the lowland gorilla is the Gorilla beringei graueri.

The news has reported many other shocking exotic animal incidents that have occurred this year. In Connecticut, a television animal star chimpanzee bit off both hands and mauled the face and of an elderly woman. In Florida, the death of a two year old girl who was squeezed to death in her crib by a pet python raised many concerns with the government officials that enforce animal ownership laws. These incidents, as well as many others, have shown that protective action must be taken immediately by law makers.

Mountain gorillas have been on the brink of extinction since the early 1900’s. Human efforts are slowly bringing the population up, but it is still low enough for the mountain gorillas to be a critically endangered species. These mountain gorillas are subspecies of the eastern lowland gorilla. With our efforts we could bring the population to thrive again.

Gorillas are critically endangered animals and nearly extinct.Gorillas are primates that have more intelligence than monkeys. Gorillas have black hair , except on their faces and palms.They have a lifespan of 50 years.Their scientific name is gorilla gorilla gorilla.Like humans and zebras gorillas have their own unique identification.They have unique finger and nose prints.There are many different interesting facts to learn about gorillas, such as their habitat,diet, and the different types of species.

With major media outlets busy with many stellar stories from this year, a major topic in the spotlight was Harambe the Gorilla. Being in the spotlight many times, Harambe was a Silverback Western Lowland Gorilla that lived in the Gorilla World exhibit of the Cincinnati Zoo. On May 28, 2016, a 3-year-old child climbed into the “Gorilla World” exhibit because he wanted to see the gorillas up close. After falling into a moat, the child was picked up by the intrigued gorilla, Harambe. With fear for the child’s life, the Dangerous Animal Response Team claimed to have rational motive in order to end the life of Harambe. Many criterion that support Harambe and the cause behind him are evident in many people’s daily lives. A couple of criterion

The part of the story told by the movie the move that was the most powerful was how the poachers treated the mountain gorillas. The poachers only need the hands and the head of the gorillas to sell, and most didn’t take any of the meat. In the movie they showed a band of gorillas and their growing families, and how they interacted with each other. The focus was on one particular family, the father, mother, and baby gorilla. When the poachers attacked it was frantic as the camera moved around, giving off a sense of panic. Then when everything was over in a matter of seconds the camera focused on the father gorilla. Laying on the forest floor without a head and arms, this part of the movie made me see how real a situation and what a true tragedy

From early childhood, I always identified as a gorilla. When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I proudly announced, "a gorilla!" But all the adults told me it couldn't happen, I was a boy not a gorilla. Thankfully, society today realizes that not all of us feel the way our bodies appear. So, with great pride, I would like to declare my self as a dominant male (or silverback) gorilla. Please excuse any violent outbursts or beatings that arise if you choose to ignore my territorial displays.