I've read some of the news stories on the incident and I've come away with a few impressions:
-There's a lot of mom-on-mom judging going on in the social media sphere. I stay out of that Mommy-mafia shit as much as possible.
-I'm not a gorilla whisperer and I've no idea from the short, shaky and out of focus cell phone video whether this lowland gorilla was protecting or harming the child. I have seen people in the beautiful wilderness areas of my state who have a profound misunderstanding of the unpredictability of Mother Nature and animals. Families who go into the desert in summer for a visit with little water and no maps, assuming their GPS will lead the way. Maybe they've watched too many DisneyNature films where all the animals are friendly with human-like qualities and there's always a happy and satisfying ending.
-It's hypocritical to decry this zoo putting down the gorilla yet stay silent on the capture and confinement of wild animals for humans to gawk at.
-There's a lot of mom-on-mom judging going on in the social media sphere. I stay out of that Mommy-mafia shit as much as possible.
-I'm not a gorilla whisperer and I've no idea from the short, shaky and out of focus cell phone video whether this lowland gorilla was protecting or harming the child. I have seen people in the beautiful wilderness areas of my state who have a profound misunderstanding of the unpredictability of Mother Nature and animals. Families who go into the desert in summer for a visit with little water and no maps, assuming their GPS will lead the way. Maybe they've watched too many DisneyNature films where all the animals are friendly with human-like qualities and there's always a happy and satisfying ending.
-It's hypocritical to decry this zoo putting down the gorilla yet stay silent on the capture and confinement of wild animals for humans to gawk at.
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