首页
登录
职称英语
The death of Harambe, the endangered lowland gorilla (大猩猩) shot at the Cincin
The death of Harambe, the endangered lowland gorilla (大猩猩) shot at the Cincin
游客
2025-03-26
35
管理
问题
The death of Harambe, the endangered lowland gorilla (大猩猩) shot at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old crawled through a barrier and fell into his enclosure, was a shocking event. After such a tragedy, it seems someone must be blamed, but fingers are pointed in the wrong direction.
Many in the animal protection community suggest that Harambe wasn’t a threat to the boy. Gorillas tend not to be aggressive, and if Harambe wanted to hurt the child, he could have done so immediately, not after playing with this curious creature for 10 minutes.
Did the gorilla care staff do enough to separate Harambe from the child? If they could lure the female gorillas away, why not Harambe? Some activists are calling the killing of Harambe an act of cowardice by incompetent zoo employees. Others are arguing that the boy’s mother is to blame. How could she let her child fall into a wild-animal enclosure? How long did she let her child wander unsupervised before he got through the barriers? Some people suggest that she be deemed legally negligent and charged with causing the death of an endangered animal.
For me, the real question is not who to blame, but why anyone was in a situation in which they had to make a choice between the life of a human child and the life of an endangered teenage gorilla. Keeping wild animals in captivity is detrimental to their health. This tragic choice arose only because we keep animals in zoos. So why have zoos?
One of the reasons often given is that zoos protect endangered wild animals. A few zoos, including the Cincinnati Zoo, do fund conservation efforts that are praiseworthy, but captive animals, especially large mammals born in captivity, like Harambe, cannot be "returned to the wild." These sensitive, smart, long-lived gorillas are destined to remain confined, never to experience the freedom of the wild. They are, at best, symbols meant to represent their wild counterparts. Zoos distort our understanding of these wonderful beings and perpetuate the notion that they are here for our purposes.
If we really need someone to blame, maybe we should look at our society, which supports these types of institutions of captivity. If zoos were more like shelters where captive animals are treated with respect, free from screaming crowds and external dangers, no one would have had to decide to kill Harambe. Kids could see gorillas in cinemas, where their curiosity could be safely satisfied. [br] According to this passage, animals living in the wild______.
选项
A、are less healthy than those in zoos
B、live better than their zoo counterparts
C、should be relocated to nearby zoos
D、suffer from interactions with humans
答案
B
解析
文章第四段第二句是Keeping wild animals in captivity is detrimental to their health,大意是:把野生动物关起来有损于它们的健康。第五段有freedom of the wild,而最后一段有…shelters where captive animals are treated with respect,free from screaming crowds and external dangers,所以可以得出的结论是野生动物的生活更健康快乐。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4013525.html
相关试题推荐
ThedeathofHarambe,theendangeredlowlandgorilla(大猩猩)shotattheCincin
ThedeathofHarambe,theendangeredlowlandgorilla(大猩猩)shotattheCincin
ThedeathofHarambe,theendangeredlowlandgorilla(大猩猩)shotattheCincin
ThedeathofHarambe,theendangeredlowlandgorilla(大猩猩)shotattheCincin
ThedeathofHarambe,theendangeredlowlandgorilla(大猩猩)shotattheCincin
ThedeathofHarambe,theendangeredlowlandgorilla(大猩猩)shotattheCincin
TheTimberrattlesnakeisnowontheendangeredspecieslist,andisextinctin
随机试题
在大肠癌病人和对照组中进行血型分布的大样本调查,血型分为O/A/B/AB型,为比
下列事项影响当期损益的是( )A.自用房地产转为公允价值模式的投资性房地产,转
证券投资技术分析是建立在( )基础之上的。A.市场行为涵盖一切信息、价格沿趋势
下列能保证路基边缘压实度的措施是( )。 A、控制碾压工艺,保证机具碾压到边
下列不属于城市生态系统能量流动的特征的是( )。A.在传递方式上,城市生态系统
国际货物海洋运输方式中,定期租船的特点是()。A.按照预定的航行时间表运输货物
页岩气是指赋存于页岩中的非常规天然气,往往分布在沉积盆地的烃源岩地层中,随着常规
国内生产总值的增长速度反应的是()。A:一定时期经济发展水平变化程度的静态指标
患者,男,35岁。症见筋骨疼痛,两足痿软,伴有阴部湿疹,小便短赤,舌苔黄。医生建
低血容量性休克抑制期微循环特点是A.静脉回心血量增加 B.微循环收缩 C.心
最新回复
(
0
)