This house believes that gorillas should not be held captive
I am reaching out to you because I need your help. We want to end animal captivity especially gorilla captivity – and to do that we need everyone to be involved!
There are roughly 106,000 gorillas left in the world with over 4,000 in zoos and only 5,000 in their natural habitat. Isn't that frightening? That your great-grandchildren might not be able to see these fascinating creatures in real life but only learn about them. The second closest animal with a DNA match to humans.
There was once, quite recently a gorilla named Colo, she was a Western lowland gorilla and was born at Columbus Zoo in Ohio on 22 December 1956.
She was the first gorilla to be born into captivity and went on to have three children, 16 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and three great- great-grandchildren.
At the age of 60 Colo was found
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on the other hand, there are studies that most gorillas are obese as to the fact they get fed too much and too frequently. It isn't as safe as you think as the captivity has a massive effect on their mental health because they can get very lonely and feel very trapped in their pen and no they don't have predators but they are every day at the risk of being put down for any wrong thing they do.
Gorillas have nightmares, feel frightened and have thoughts exactly like humans. They are very sensitive to changes in their environment, just the sight of humans can be a threat. Even in the mountains, gorillas are constantly disrupted by poachers, smugglers, and loggers. Gorillas love peace and quiet and people entering their precious territory is particularly frustrating and intimidating. Would you like someone trampling all over your garden trying to murder