Kid falls in gorilla pit- gorilla is shot to death

[Veknoid_Outcast]

As much as I love the support for an endangered species, I can't help but wonder how many animal activists regularly eat animals that are caged, tortured, and slaughtered.

As for me, I absolutely adore gorillas. They're very misunderstood animals. But the zoo made the right call here. A child's life is more important than a gorilla's life, and zoo staff couldn't anticipate what Harambe would do. He was already touching and dragging the kid - a tranq might have made things worse in the seconds it would take to sedate him.

It's a really sad story but it could have been much, much worse.