RebYidd23,
Don’t call him a monkey! Respect his memory.
His memory? This seems as silly to me as the “mourners” bemoaning how the gorilla had just “celebrated” his 17th birthday. Really? He celebrated? I doubt the gorilla knew or cared that it was his birthday. So-called animal lovers anthropomorphize animals to absurd extents. And sometimes it is even harmful to animals. For example, most dog lovers hug their dogs, but most dogs do not like to be hugged, and exhibit non-verbal signs of stress. Hugging is a human way to show love, not a dog way. A more extreme example is the people who “rescued” a baby bison in 50-degree weather because “it was cold”, and the bison subsequently had to be put down because its herd rejected him.
Though the right decision was made, it is still sad that the zoo lost its gorilla.
Agreed.