Tranqing it would have been a bad idea. The Gorilla was already dragging the child around like a rag doll. And tranqs don't work sudden or have the stopping power of an actual bullet. Everybody is bashing Zoo's in general as well on social media. It's amazing how an overwhelming amount of people are completely bypassing the neglect of the parents towards the child and attacking the Zoo for protecting a human being over an animal. 

 

And of course you'll hear the other argument "WELL! They shouldn't be in a Zoo in the first place!". Well, on the contrary. What more do you want? Do people not realize that a Zoo is also a center which offers rehabilitation, research, conservation, medical and breeding services to various animals around the world? Do people not realize that Gorilla's have been hunted and targeted for years in African regions by greedy poachers who have decimated their populations? 

 

Some people you just can't win with. You can't blame the parents though. That's beyond reasoning. It's not the parents fault at all for not taking responsibility or monitoring their own flesh and blood. 

 

You can only blame the Zoo. But then they also don't want to see them hunted down and slaughtered in their own inhabitants and families in the wild. Many of these animals, by the way, are picked up by Zoo's because they survived some of these actions and were left for dead or were fortunate to have escaped to a regional safe haven before being sent to another home. 

 

Some animals do need human intervention. As human beings are on the top of the food chain and we're responsible since the dawn of humanity at adding or subtracting a substantial amount of life that we deem inferior to our own. Or in some cases, like the Zoo's, who deem all life worth protecting and aim to assist in maintaining their population to the best of their abilities. 

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