When will humanity learn? Recently there was a tragedy involving a
small child who fell into the gorilla pit at a zoo in Ohio. Unfortunately, they had to kill the gorilla because they could not predict his behavior and were unsure if it would kill
the child or severely injure it.
Some people were outraged that
the gorilla was killed. Some were
angered by those outraged that the gorilla was killed. I’m outraged by many things that make up this
incident. I am outraged by the fact that we have zoos. It is objectionable that we feel the need to take animals out of their
natural habitats, and put them in confined quarters with man made amenities just so
we can gawk at them close up, and the city can make a profit.
I am outraged that the zoo in question had
railing that was sufficiently spacey enough for a child to crawl under, instead
of having a plexiglass or solid wall structure.
I am outraged that the parents of this child were so inattentive that
because of their failure to tend to their child properly an innocent animal
whose ultimate intentions we did not know was killed. This is not the first time this type of
situation happens.
We also have situations in which
animals attack their caregivers sometimes killing them. I find that these situations are avoidable if
we allow these animals to remain where they belong. Obviously these are majestic creatures that
are not running around the streets like cats and dogs that we can take home and
make them our pets. Some are endangered
species. This is what makes them so attractive, mysterious, interesting to us.
While I also find animals interesting
and beautiful, I do think that if you really want to see them, you should go to
them. Go down to Africa and ride around
in a jeep a watch elephants roam freely.
Don’t take them out of their homes and put them into artificial
surroundings just for our viewing pleasure.
If you want the kids to know about animals of the wild, then contract Disney to recreate all
these animals and have a zoo where the imitation animals can live in their
imitation home for our viewing pleasure.
We can all watch the documentaries on Discovery Channel about them in their natural surroundings.
In my opinion, this situation has to change. It is inhumane to continue to have all of these animals, living under these conditions, and situations such as these that continue to happen going on.
