The ape was shot in case he attacked the child, which was rather improbable cases like the shooting of two lions in Santiago Zoo, in Chile, when a naked man walked inside the lions’ cage in order to commit suicide cases like the death of a female worker by a tiger in Palm Beach Zoo from Miami (Florida, United States of America) cases like the death of many animals from Mendoza Zoo, in Argentina, although the cause of their death remains unknown after a conflict between vets and government cases like the four dead chimpanzees and another seriously injured one in Spain after having run away.
We are talking about cases like the recent death of the gorilla Harambe, in Cincinnati Zoo (Ohio, United States of America), who was shot by the zoo workers when a four year-old child fell into a trench and was saved and taken into safe place by Harambe. Great Ape Project International, which works with the aim of getting the great apes’ basic rights, the end of the captivity of non-human living beings and the closing of shows concerning cetaceans, jailed in bathtubs and forced to perform several activities that have nothing to do with their natural behaviour, publically denounces many of the incidents that take place in zoos due to, on the one hand, lack of security, and, on the other hand, the way captivated animals are being treated, since they are considered to be just removable things which are only used for specific interests. Zoos: Obsolete facilities from the XXI centuryīear at Russian zoo (photo by Peter Marlow, 2001)Įxecutive Director Proyecto Gran Simio (GAP Spain) / President, GAP Project International