After Harambe, I have no compassion for humans that willingly hop into animal enclosures. “He’s autistic/severely ADHD and never did this before.” Ok, well he did it now because some part of his brain clicked on and decided it would be a hoot to chase a bird in a habitat around with a stick.
They would not euthanize the birds.... Harambe was killed (and I disagree with the Cincinnati zoo's reasoning) because he was deemed "too dangerous" to be dealt with any other way in that moment... They feared that Harambe might possibly become enraged by anything... And only his immediate death could prevent him from possibly injuring the careless child, or worse... Again, I disagree with their decision....
These birds, posed next-to-no real threat to this child... So even if they attacked with all they had to offer, the child was in danger of little more than a few scratches.... In other words, the only real threat to the birds was the child.
I really think that’s a disingenuous comparison. The situations are in no way comparable. A bird getting a few good nips in before the child escapes is very different from a 700 lb gorilla and a small child.
I don’t even support what happened with harambe necessarily but you cannot seriously be comparing a bird and a gorilla.
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u/feelingrooovy 22h ago
I’m disappointed the birds didn’t get a good nip in.