Like most Trinbagonians, I appreciate the beauty and majesty of wild animals. Especially if they are curried. That’s why I, like many this week, was disheartened at the way Cincinnati Zoo officials shot to death Harambe the gorilla when a young boy fell into his enclosure. No doubt zoo officials had a tough ethical decision to make. Either kill Harambe to save the child or watch as Harambe administered some good old fashioned corporal punishment.
Most Trinis would argue that, had the boy been
left to get pulverized by the 450 pound gorilla he would have learned the
lesson of not wandering off at the zoo again. Americans though, love to spoil
their children.
