• Question: what do you think about the endangered gorilla getting killed?

    Asked by SAYr9 to Ellen, Elliot, Hazel, Rupesh, Thomas on 10 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Elliot Jokl

      Elliot Jokl answered on 10 Jun 2016:

      Hello and thanks for the question!

      I think it was really sad, but at the end of the day making sure that the little boy was kept safe was the most important thing. Gorillas are very strong, so it would have been too risky trying to put it to sleep in case that made the gorilla turn violent.

      I hope that lessons are learned to stop it ever happening again.

    • Photo: Thomas Biggans

      Thomas Biggans answered on 11 Jun 2016:

      I think it was a tough situation for everyone and highlights the importance of keeping yourself safe when visiting Zoos. At the end of the day the staff had to take action because doing nothing would have left the boy in danger unfortunately in this case putting the Gorilla to sleep might have made things worse so they were left with only one option.

      Zoos do alot to help endangered species survive there are some people who kill endangered animals for money and I hope we can stop these people so one day there won’t be any endangered species

    • Photo: Hazel Garvie-Cook

      Hazel Garvie-Cook answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      That was a sad event, which shouldn’t have happened. But people did what they needed to do when the little boy was in the enclosure and in danger. Lots of zoos are working really hard on breeding endangered animals and rehabilitating some of them, some of them are doing really good work. It’s unfortunate in this case that the gorilla had to be killed.

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