![]() ![]() That penetrating gaze, that intelligence it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. "I think, though, it's the eyes that get me. "Their manual dexterity, it's so human," she says. Applegate joined NPR's Michele Norris at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., to talk about Ivan, and what she finds so captivating about primates. The real-life Ivan finally made his way to the Atlanta Zoo. ![]() It tells the story of a gorilla who spent 27 years in a shopping mall in Tacoma, Wash. Our June pick is The One and Only Ivan, a Newbery Medal-winning book by Katherine Applegate. The school year is drawing to a close, but NPR's Backseat Book Club has plenty of reading lined up for the summer. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. "Gorillas have shown that they can be protective of smaller living beings and react the same way any human would to a child in danger," Gallucci said.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The One and Only Ivan Author Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao Julia Gallucci, a primatologist with PETA, also said in the statement that a gorilla acting in a nurturing way toward a human wouldn't be out of character. "This tragedy is exactly why PETA urges families to stay away from any facility that displays animals as sideshows for humans to gawk at." "Even under the 'best' circumstances, captivity is never acceptable for gorillas or other primates, and in cases like this, it's even deadly," PETA said in a statement. The animal rights group PETA criticized the zoo for not having a second protective barrier around the gorilla habitat and made its argument that wild animals shouldn't be housed at zoos in the first place. "Nevertheless, we will study this incident as we work toward continuous improvement for the safety of our visitors and animals," he said Sunday. The incident was the first time anyone had gained access to the gorilla enclosure, and the exhibit is believed to be secure, Maynard said. The mother's like, 'No, you're not, no, you're not,'" O'Connor recalled, adding that the mother was taking care of several other children. ![]() "The little boy himself had already been talking about wanting to. "The zoo's in the business of taking care of endangered animals, and we don't want to be in the situation in which they have to be killed," Maynard said at a news conference Saturday. But he expressed remorse that the Western lowland silverback, a critically endangered species, had to be killed. "The Zoo security team's quick response saved the child's life," Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard said. Harambe was fatally shot during the rescue. He was released from the hospital on Saturday night and was safe at home, his family said Sunday. The 3-year-old - authorities initially misreported his age as 4 - was in the enclosure for more than 10 minutes before he was rescued and taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital in serious condition, officials said. The station said it removed the more graphic parts of the video, in which the gorilla drags the boy through the moat in the gorilla enclosure.Ĭincinnati Fire Chief Marc Monahan said Saturday that first responders saw the gorilla "dragging and throwing the child." ![]()
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