It outraged people worldwide for various different reasons. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy climbed over the protective fencing and fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in Cincinnati, Ohio. The little boy dropped fifteen feet into the exhibit’s moat, which contained a foot of water. The boy was grabbed and dragged around the enclosure by Harambe, a 17-year-old Western lowland gorilla. Fearing for the boy's life, zoo officials decided it was in the best interest to shoot Harambe resulting in the gorilla’s death. The incident was caught on video by many bystanders, quickly posted to social media and received extensive coverage and commentary. Much of the controversy came from activists that were enraged …show more content…
To begin, one of the Zoo’s greatest strengths includes communication. The Cincinnati Zoo’s Crisis Communication team responded quickly and with pertinent information. They posted their press release on their social media platforms with their official statements on the very day the crisis happened. “We are heartbroken about losing Harambe, but a child’s life was in danger and a quick decision had to be made by our Dangerous Animal Response Team,” said Cincinnati Zoo director Thane Maynard in the Facebook post. (Eriksson, 2016) When the Cincinnati Zoo recognized that it was such a tragedy in losing their beloved gorilla and a highly endangered species, they also stood by the quick thinking that ultimately saved a young life. Maynard did not try to ignore either side of the incident, and instead put everything on the table. (Renfree, PR News Online, 2016) In the Facebook post, it continues to concentrate on thoughts about the barriers surrounding the enclosure, the decision to shoot and kill Harambe the gorilla instead of using a tranquilizer and how very rare the situation is. They also allowed people to vent (for a short time period) on their Facebook page. Officials permitted posts on its own Facebook page that were extremely critical of the zoo. Said one, “Boycott Cincinnati Zoo for this ridiculous slaughter of this majestic animal.” (Piacente, 2016) Another strength that the Cincinnati Zoo possesses is leadership. When an occurrence like this happens, quick thinking is involved. According to NBC News, all accredited zoos, such as Cincinnati's, have protocols in place for when an animal threatens staff or visitors. In this case, the zoo had to decide whether to tranquilize 17-year-old Harambe, or to use greater force, said Ed Hansen, CEO of the American Association of Zoo Keepers. (Chuck, 2016) The leadership of the Cincinnati Zoo put the life and safety of the child
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Thorpe Park is one of the popular theme parks in the UK. It has been transformed from a flood land to a leisure attraction in past 70-80 years. It has been ranked amongst the top 20 theme parks in Europe. The main aim for Thorpe park is to become world leader and providing best of entertainment and high quality of health and safety standards (Total Thorpe park, 2016).
I visited the Sacramento Zoo during the afternoon of April 21, 2017. The weather was wonderful, sunny, warm, and there was a slight breeze. It got a bit more breezy the longer I was there. Visiting the zoo to observe primates allowed me to become a little more aware of how primatologists study primates. Even though I’ve been to many different zoos several different times, I never realized how many primates were associated with the zoos, as well as the variety of primates in the zoos. The Sacramento Zoo has eight different primates, all in different classifications, superfamilies, or subfamilies. While observing the Chimpanzees, White-Handed Gibbon, Mongoose Lemur, White-Faced Saki, and the Wolf’s Guenon I could see the differences
Peoples Trust article “Zoos & Conservation” touched surface solely on zoos located in Britain. What about the rest of the world? Luckily there is a group called the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) that inspects zoos and aquariums making sure that they are fit for conservation. For instance, the Giza Zoo In Cairo was shut down for killing two gorillas that may have been infected with disease and for extra pay putting visitors in danger so they could pet any animal they requested. Now if one of these animals were to attack a visitor then they would put down the animal in which is just doing what its instincts tell them.
Harambe, an innocent seventeen year-old Silverback gorilla, was shot recently at the Cincinnati Zoo. What was the reason? He was simply acting like a gorilla. Zoo officials made the decision to shoot him when a four year-old boy fell ten feet into the gorilla enclosure and was soon in danger. He could not be sedated because it could take up to twenty minutes for such an enormous animal to be knocked out. Zoo officials made the right decision in killing Harambe, but the one to blame for his tragic death is the mother of the child.
To maintain a competitive advantage, VTB needs to build their business model keeping 5 strategic pillars in mind in order to achieve a high-performance company – Leadership, Innovation, Information Technology, Organizational excellence and agility and Knowledge. The Vermont management team grasped this concept in the initial stages of their development, but did not continue to embrace these pillars to ensure on-going success. VBT has most of their operational capabilities and strengths in the IT field as their business model is heavily based on IT. They do have some good operational capabilities, but they also face several challenges, especially during the peak seasons.
Have you ever seen an animal sitting in a cage all alone with nothing to do. Well, zoos are trying to change that fact. They will allow the animals to live in an environment that is like their home. Many people don't realize this, but zoo are keeping and breeding these animals because they would not survive in the wild alone. In the three passages, ¨The Stripes Will Survive,¨ ¨The Zood Go Wild from No More Dodos,¨ ¨Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment.¨ All of these articles present one claim, that is that the role of zoos is no longer to keep animal, but to protect them.
Animal rights have become a very serious issue here in the United States over the last few decades. One issue that has been discussed is whether or not zoos serve a good purpose or are they just a torture chamber for the animals. Locked up in small cages so people can yell at them and stare. Or are zoos the key to save our species in an ever growing human population. Rachel Lu, a philosophy teacher and senior columnist, writes the article, “Let’s Keep Zoos: Learning stewardship is a good thing.”, published April 18, 2014, argues that zoos are worth keeping. Rachel Lu uses her personal experiences to appeal to her audience that zoos are valuable to people especially young children because it gives them a perspective on nature.
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Mentioning his own organization offers the audience the verification that the author knows what he is talking about, and the set standards of the programs verification process has a third party, and that is what can establish the ethos of the American Humane Association’s Humane Conservation program. Pathos and Logical Appeal This argument appeals logically to an audience that is concerned about the safety and care of animals in zoos, while establishing pathos effectively to tug at the feelings of the audience in order to strengthen his argument. Since the recent event with a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, people have questioned ethics. The author wrote this argument to explain why the safety of animals, as well as their survival in the future, depends on these enclosures.
Hi Pavla, As asked my opinion regarding the concerns of Sarah Mcburney and the day of the trip to the Zoo I will recall the details of the trip and the events that happened to the best of my ability; We left for the zoo in the morning knowing that tempretures could reach up to 38 degrees as was stated in the media and the forcast, we arrived at the zoo at around 10am (to the top back entrance, by the reptiles). We immediatly sat the children down in the cafe area there, under the trees for a drink of our school water (from our large Aquila bottle) ALL children had a drink at this point. We headed off to see the elephants after this. Along the way the path was shaded under the trees and we tried our best (as throughout the whole day) to
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This does not change it as zoos are here as conservation and education; we are here to save the animals, and make more people aware of the situation at hand. I believe that we shouldn’t turn our heads or back to problems that zoos are suffering, going through misunderstanding or beliefs of what others say. This means propaganda, misinformation, or organizations; for example, PETA, should not matter on what actions we are to make. We have a job to do for these animals, and this world; because if we don’t take that first leap, then we have not just lost the fight but we have lost the
Furthermore, while zoos should conserve and encourage educational experiences within their parks, Allen points out it’s also important to take a compassionate approach in caring for each individual animal. As zoos focus more on education and conservation, they sometimes forget that animals are not alive in terms of population and individual welfare is important. Thus, it appears that Allen is taking a middle ground approach to the ongoing debate about zoos, because she is open to zoos, when they are compassionate, yet fully recognizes the downside of animal cruelty.
Zoos today say that one of their main goals is to conserve endangered species and eventually reintroduce them back into the wild. However, Benjamin Beck, former associate director of biological programs at the National Zoo in Washington, found that over the past century only 16 of 145 reintroduction programs worldwide ever actually restored any of the animals back to the wild (qtd. in Fravel). He also found that a majority was carried out by the government and not the actual programs themselves. Beck noted that the billions of dollars the zoos were receiving were going towards hi-tech exhibits and marketing strategies to get people to go to the zoos. So which zoos are actually attempting to save the lives they claim to be? According to David Hancocks, a former zoo director with 30 years’ experience, many zoos that are not affiliated with the AZA do not spend hardly any of their fu...