There is no need to bet your life, Jack.
The gorilla had to be killed in order to make sure the baby wasn’t hurt.
It’s as simple as that, and there’s no point in even discussing that part of this any further.
What I do think should be discussed is making the animal enclosure 100% people proof. Yes, I mean to say that we need to find a way to make sure that this never happens again, because it is a shame that the gorilla had to die. None of this was his fault.
I am mostly angry with the mother, and I am also angry with the zoo for not having a better system of safeguards.
What I think is that, while killing the gorilla was sadly needed, why do we have zoos in America?
Removing wild critters from their home habitats into an artificially created replica with a wholly different climate to be viewed and abused by screaming idiots is no kindness: it’s cruelty. Zoos should be placed on the trash heap of history.
TC