Veteran Zoo director defends killing his gorilla Harambe, says he would "still kill Harambe" today

[Headhumpy]

[QUOTE=Morgen;50437927]Biodiversity is a good thing yeah but a lot of these animals wouldn't survive if they was just left in the wild now. Zoos cost money to run and keep the animals in a good state, visitors help pay for that. Of course proper safety systems should be in place to prevent situations like this. However if we do get into this situation then you 100% should choose the human everytime. It shouldn't even be a debate, you shouldn't compromise the safety of the human even a little bit for the animal. You seriously need to re-evaluate your priorities if you think otherwise.

We shouldn't mess with their natural habitats either if they are in the wild. But that wasn't the concern here.[/QUOTE]

You know what, you're right. These kinds of situations shouldn't be happening in the first place, but should they occur, as humans the logical choice is to prioritise the life of another human being.

In any case, it appears that the [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36420437"]parents are now being investigated by the police[/url], so hopefully we'll find out how much they were to blame.

[tau]

[QUOTE=Jetpack Bear;50438371]I'd like to bring to question something else entirely

Why aren't tranquilizers more powerful ?[/QUOTE]

It's never going to be an instant effect because it has to diffuse then circulate to the relevant areas. This means that the effect will build over time. If you give them enough tranquilliser that the initial effect is enough to knock them out instantly, once it all comes through you've killed it anyway

[Crimor]

[QUOTE=Jetpack Bear;50438371]I'd like to bring to question something else entirely

Why aren't tranquilizers more powerful ?[/QUOTE]

overdosing, also imagine if the kid accidentally got hit by something that could knock out a 150kg bag of muscle in less than a minute.

[Lowland]

Only in America can the life of a gorilla be considered more important than a four year old child in danger.

[Judqment8]

Gosh, those protesting people. "In the loving memory of Harambe", "Remember Harambe" I bet like 95% of them don't actually give a shit. People just love to jump in the bandwagon. I wonder how would they feel if it was their kid instead who fell in while they were simply typing a text message to a friend.

I can only imagine what the family of the boy are going through. They are getting so much shit over nothing. No parent can keep their eyes on their child for 100% of the time. I don't have any kids of my own, but my sister has three and I know how hard it is to keep track of them all the time.

[Invadernouga]

[QUOTE=Jetpack Bear;50438371]I'd like to bring to question something else entirely

Why aren't tranquilizers more powerful ?[/QUOTE]

Because it takes time for medicine to be absorbed into the blood stream. Shooting a tranq at an animal is likely going to hit either fat or muscle, for a human it can take around 15-20 minutes to absorb medication in this route.