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Cincinnati Zoo is under preasure by the social media mobs again, this time for shooting a gorilla to save an innocent child. What I would like to know is, what's the big deal!? Gorillas, much like other monkeys, are animals.
A society reacting this manner to the death of a stupid soulless gorilla is unfortunate proof that the society has been desensitised to believe in the crazy fairytale that these animals are somehow related to us humans, God's own chosen ruler of everything that lives and moves, created in His image! The truth is that gorillas, along with all other monkeys and all other animals, are stupid and don't think or feel. They even say that gorillas are self aware and highly intelligent! Bah! If they are so intelligent, then where are all the hospitals, schools and Baptist churches built by the gorillas? Gorilla lives don't matter!
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
A society reacting this manner to the death of a stupid soulless gorilla is unfortunate proof that the society has been desensitised to believe in the crazy fairytale that these animals are somehow related to us humans, God's own chosen ruler of everything that lives and moves, created in His image! The truth is that gorillas, along with all other monkeys and all other animals, are stupid and don't think or feel. They even say that gorillas are self aware and highly intelligent! Bah! If they are so intelligent, then where are all the hospitals, schools and Baptist churches built by the gorillas? Gorilla lives don't matter!
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Animal rights activists gathered Monday for a Memorial Day vigil for the gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy slipped into an exhibit and a special zoo response team concluded his life was in danger.
Anthony Seta of Cincinnati called the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla's death "a senseless tragedy," but said the purpose Monday wasn't to point fingers but a tribute to the gorilla named Harambe.
"People can shout at the parents and people can shout at the zoo," Seta said. "The fact is that a gorilla that just celebrated his birthday has been killed."
The gorilla's birthday was May 27, the day before he was shot.
There has been an outpouring on social media of people upset about the killing of the member of an endangered species. A Facebook page called "Justice for Harambe" created Saturday night had drawn wide attention, along with online petitions and another page calling for a June 5 protest at the zoo.
"I was just trying to make a tribute and it's really taken off from there," Kate Villanueva of Erlanger, Kentucky, said of the "Justice for Harambe" Facebook page.
Videos taken by zoo visitors showed the gorilla at times appeared to be protective of the boy, but also dragged him through the shallow moat.
The zoo's director, Thane Maynard, said its dangerous animal response team that includes full-time animal keepers, veterinarians, and security staff made the right call to kill the gorilla. He said Saturday the 400-pound-plus gorilla didn't appear to be attacking the child, but was in an "agitated situation" and was "extremely strong." He said a tranquilizer wouldn't have immediately felled the gorilla, leaving the child in danger.
Anthony Seta of Cincinnati called the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla's death "a senseless tragedy," but said the purpose Monday wasn't to point fingers but a tribute to the gorilla named Harambe.
"People can shout at the parents and people can shout at the zoo," Seta said. "The fact is that a gorilla that just celebrated his birthday has been killed."
The gorilla's birthday was May 27, the day before he was shot.
There has been an outpouring on social media of people upset about the killing of the member of an endangered species. A Facebook page called "Justice for Harambe" created Saturday night had drawn wide attention, along with online petitions and another page calling for a June 5 protest at the zoo.
"I was just trying to make a tribute and it's really taken off from there," Kate Villanueva of Erlanger, Kentucky, said of the "Justice for Harambe" Facebook page.
Videos taken by zoo visitors showed the gorilla at times appeared to be protective of the boy, but also dragged him through the shallow moat.
The zoo's director, Thane Maynard, said its dangerous animal response team that includes full-time animal keepers, veterinarians, and security staff made the right call to kill the gorilla. He said Saturday the 400-pound-plus gorilla didn't appear to be attacking the child, but was in an "agitated situation" and was "extremely strong." He said a tranquilizer wouldn't have immediately felled the gorilla, leaving the child in danger.
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