Overnight, she’s become a universal figure for foul-parenting, imprudence and irresponsibility because it was ultimately her lack of supervision that caused the murder of an endangered animal and put her son’s life in jeopardy. The boy’s mother is getting a huge swell of social media backlash for not being attentive enough and failing to keep an eye on her son, especially in a place where wild beasts roam – well, the missing child must have been missing for some time to have gotten through the barriers on his own. So, as adults, we have to be careful.įollowing Harambe’s death, I have been observing the hate mechanism. If you have closely interacted with children you would know that, once you turn your back, they’ll be up to some kind of mischief or the other. Just like animals are supposed to act like animals, and gorillas like gorillas. Where children are concerned – they are supposed to act like children. He could’ve easily killed the boy in a heartbeat but he didn’t. Perhaps that made Harambe panic, provoking him to haul the child around the enclosure the way he did. In this case, the bystanders were screaming and yelling as they witnessed the boy being dragged around by the simian. When the boy fell into his home, it was somewhat an act of trespassing that most likely startled Harambe and left him feeling a sense of danger. Here, Harambe’s enclosure was also his home a place where he felt safe. The eight-year-old Binti Jua had gently picked up a three-year-old unconscious child who had fallen into her enclosure and cradled him in her arms before carefully handing him over to Brookfield Zoo keepers.īinti Jua gently picked up an unconscious child who had fallen in her enclosure and handed him over to zoo authorities.Photo: Pinterest I am sure all of us remember the 1996 incident that involved a celebrated female gorilla. They don’t get violent unless they’re provoked. Western lowland gorillas are tender animals. It is common knowledge that gorillas are self-aware. I am no expert on anthrozoology, but Harambe’s behaviour may have been normal gorilla play. And some people feel that putting the ape to death was a rational choice. Some people believe Harambe was protecting the child in the same way a gorilla would protect its offspring. And that moment has been turned into a movement.
It all happened in the span of approximately 10 minutes from the instant the boy fell into Harambe’s enclosure up until the decision to kill the primate. They later explained that tranquilising the gorilla was not an option there were risks associated with using a tranquiliser dart to sedate Harambe that could make him react dangerously.
After evaluating the situation, zoo officials decided to kill Harambe instead of tranquilising him. In the video it can be seen that Harambe grabbed the child, tossed him around a few times and dragged him around the enclosure. But who would have thought that the primate would be shot to death the very next day? The reason this ape was killed was because a four-year-old fell into his enclosure. Harambe, an endangered western lowland gorilla had just turned 17. The severity of the incident depends on who you ask. The incident has garnered rage, an outpouring of online-hate, as well as the sympathies of many. The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden on Friday has resulted in a total and complete social media meltdown.
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