On March 2, 1991 a high speed police chased turned into a brutal police beating of the intoxicated Rodney King. Rodney King was driving down the 210 freeway at 12:30 AM when Tim and Melanie Singer spotted him. They pursude him at speeds of up to 117 miles per hour. King eventually went up a ramp and stopped at the intersection of Osbourne and Foothill Boulevard, where three more cop cars that were holding Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno, Rolando Solano, and Sergeant Stacy Koon, showed up along with a police helicopter. Singer got out of her car and ordered the suspects to get down on the ground, where Allen and Helms did as they were told who were with him in the vehicle, King did not. She told him again and he finally got out but not before he "grabbed his right buttock with his right hand and shook it" at Singer, as she recalls. Melanie Singer had her gun drawn and was going to arrest him when Sergeant Koon told her to stand back because they could handle…
Zoo Animals In the article “The Stripes Will Survive,” written by Jacqueline Adams, explains how Siberian tigers named Danya and Dasha lived their daily lives in Cleveland, Metroparks Zoo in Ohio. In the second article “The Zoos Go Wild No More Dodos,” written by Nicholas, Nirgiotis and Theodore Nirgiotis explains how a gorilla named Willie b. Was taken away at 3 years old and transported to live a great life at Zoo Atlanta. In the last article “Our beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment,” by Alicia Powers, explains how we take great care of our beautiful Macaws at Oakland Zoo. All three articles show the role of zoos in protecting the zoos.…
I found it this situation sad for the reason that her mother Fiona said that it was her daughter’s dream to be a zookeeper and that she suffered "unsurvivable" multiple injuries in the attack. In my opinion, the zoo is partly at fault for Sarah McClay’s death for the reason that the zoo should have installed better system that ensures staff and the public are safe and secure. More importantly, the zoo should known that their system wasn’t secure considering inspectors previously demanded more than 30 improvements to the attraction, having found it had placed staff and the public in potential danger.However, McClay is partly at fault for the reason that she could have checked the locks in the cage after all it is her job to look after the animals so that they don’t get released and kill…
For hundreds of years, animals have been used for our entertainment. Although most people have been to the circus sometime in their lives, they do not think about what goes on behind the scenes. When you think of the circus; you think of having a good time, with plenty of excitement. You think of goofy clowns, acrobats and popcorn. You rarely think about what happens when the show is over. But for some the show never ends. Chimpanzees and other animals used for our entertainment are usually abused and mistreated.…
Gorillas in the Mist is the non-fiction story of a Kentucky woman's experience living among the wild gorillas of the Virungas Mountains. The conservation parks that she worked in are located in areas that cover parts of the three African countries of Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaire. Dian Fossey was inspired to devote her life to these primates by the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey, who funded her research. Through her stay in the wild terrain Dian soon thinks of as home, she educates us on gorilla society and why it is so vital to protect them. Her research helps bring understanding to the social structure of these endangered animals. Diane succeeds in persuading you to deeply connect and care for the mountain gorillas on a whole new level.…
George Miller & Robert Buckhout (1973) theorized that one contributing factor to the monkeys’ subsequent delinquent behavior would have been the lack of discipline imposed on ‘normal’ monkeys by their mother (usually in the form of a cuff around their head!) whenever behavior was unacceptable. Additionally the isolated monkeys would not have been in the presence of normal social monkey behavior from the earliest age, witnessing monkeys playing, grooming, presenting and mounting and the social cues that stimulated such behavior.…
I believe that we should have more awareness towards making sure that gorillas have a safe and protected environment to live. Whether it's a national park for all of them to stay or a protected part of the forest.…
On Saturday, February 27, 2016, an absolutely beautiful day in Houston, Texas, the opportunity came to mind to make a trip to the Houston Zoo. Arriving the smell of fresh planted herbs and assorted roses, in magnificently worked landscapes, blended with a diversity of people with enough laughter to bring a smile, to put one at ease. This trip my intentions were focused on hopefully sharing, quality time with a primate. Observing their life through glass windows in the day room, moving to the outside containment, where there were two Western Low back Gorillas, napping under large distant shade trees. The outside containment was clean, but limited their ability of freedom. Parking myself where one could evaluate and…
"The exhibiting of trained animals I abhor. What an amount of suffering and cruel punishment the poor creatures have to endure in order to give a few moments of pleasure to men devoid of all thought and feeling." - Albert Schweitzer, physician and philosopher."I find circuses deeply offensive. We are just beginning to recognize animals as important in their own right. Circuses throw us back to the Middle Ages." - Desmond Morris, zoologist and animal behaviorist.…
Seeing exotic animals behind cages or glass walls at the zoo, watching Shamu do flips for a fish at SeaWorld, and laughing as elephants perform tricks at the circus are all entertaining, but is our entertainment worth the suffering these animals endure behind the scenes? The answer is no. The billions of animals that are subjected to abuse outweigh any claimed benefits that can be made of these businesses. The debate of zoos and parks being ethical or unethical has two main arguments, these being the animal abuse involved and the supposed benefits.…
Cabello is a nurturer and when she’s not alone she teaches the youngest orangutan how to survive. I observed Cabello offer her back up as means of transportain and assist the youngest on swinging and climbing. When the aggressively annoying orangutang came back to fight Cabello always made sure the youngest was out of harms way. While it may be true for other animals as well I think the qualities of humans are more apparent in the actions of a primate. Amid note taking I looked up to see Cabello staring at me with the look of someone deap in thought part of me thought she was a human. The other part of me started to question whether or not I to am the subject of a research assignment. I turned to my phone and found articles upon articles stating the vast cognitive skills of the Orangutans in relation to humans. I can’t help but wonder what Cabello is thinking as she stares at me am I friend of foe, and if the glass was removed who would be the first to go. Since the evidence I revealed proved intelligence but the inability to make connections like humans I think the orangutans are fascinated and unless we do something they find to be threatening we are not harmful to each other.…
Many of the behaviors observed in primates are known to have evolutionary causes. Infanticide is one that has been questioned whether to be caused by an evolutionary purpose or pathological behaviors. Infanticide has been observed in the wild amongst primates as a situation where new males join a new group and begin to kill off infants that continue to be dependent on their mothers for food. This is thought to be either caused by stressful environments or a reproductive tactic. There has been enough evidence observed to prove that infanticide is executed for reproductive benefits for males entering a new group of many females with children of their own.…
A long time ago, about 100 years, the first Gorilla that had ever walked the earth actually had a tail believe it or not. His tails made him stand out in the jungle. The Gorilla was called Kong and Kong was real wonderful friends with an old wise turtle named Jim. Jim was always the one who knew everything; because every time Kong had a question Jim will always have an answer. Now there is no telling how Jim came to be or how he ended up meeting Kong, it just happened.…
| The children standing in line to meet the gorilla acted more like adults than children. They tell Enoch what time it is from the watch the kid is wearing, they get angry when the gorilla is late, and when the converse with each other they begin to sound less and less like children.…
Have you ever heard the song “If I had a million dollars” by the Bare Naked Ladies? Remember the part where they sing “haven't you ever wanted a monkey?” and thought that owning a monkey would be enjoyable? Sure maybe owning a monkey for a little while would be pretty cool, but what about the long term effects? I used to have a neighbor who owned monkeys so I guess you can say I got the benefits of owning a monkey without the hassle that comes with it, but I know by experience the difficulties of taking care of them and what it can lead to. Exotic animals should not be owned as pets because it can be dangerous for the animals, dangerous for humans, and it is against the law in most of the US. If you can all recall the incident that happened back in October of 2011 in Zanesville Ohio (which happens to be my hometown) where 56 animals were let lose, and all damages that were caused. Zanesville is very close to us which is all the better reason for us all to agree that exotic animals should not be kept as pets.…