http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/27/all-the-last-gorilla-in-india-wants-is-a-date/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/27/all-the-last-gorilla-in-india-wants-is-a-date/#comment-4547 danrhodes Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:16:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/27/all-the-last-gorilla-in-india-wants-is-a-date/#comment-4547 The last ape in India, poor fellow! I didn't even know they had any... The last ape in India, poor fellow! I didn’t even know they had any…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/27/all-the-last-gorilla-in-india-wants-is-a-date/#comment-4546 Rasselas Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:16:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/27/all-the-last-gorilla-in-india-wants-is-a-date/#comment-4546 I'm not so sure it's monetary. I think that "the last ape in India" has a lot to offer emotionally (even though it's not a wild gorilla). The government, the zoo, the people of india, and in a sense to the large community of the world would all be benefitted by the emotional and cultural stimulus of keeping the gorilla there, and it might breed greater ecological concern in india as well. While I'm not saying that expanding the gorilla's confines and investing more money wouldn't be beneficial in more ways than one... I do believe that it is to some degree India's best interests to keep the gorilla there. But perhaps loaning the gorilla to another zoo for a while, in exchange for a loan of one of theirs... or giving an offspring to another zoo... that these would be negotiable possibilities that may be for everyone's best interests. I’m not so sure it’s monetary. I think that “the last ape in India” has a lot to offer emotionally (even though it’s not a wild gorilla). The government, the zoo, the people of india, and in a sense to the large community of the world would all be benefitted by the emotional and cultural stimulus of keeping the gorilla there, and it might breed greater ecological concern in india as well. While I’m not saying that expanding the gorilla’s confines and investing more money wouldn’t be beneficial in more ways than one… I do believe that it is to some degree India’s best interests to keep the gorilla there. But perhaps loaning the gorilla to another zoo for a while, in exchange for a loan of one of theirs… or giving an offspring to another zoo… that these would be negotiable possibilities that may be for everyone’s best interests.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/27/all-the-last-gorilla-in-india-wants-is-a-date/#comment-4545 kamiikoneko Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:11:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/27/all-the-last-gorilla-in-india-wants-is-a-date/#comment-4545 If they are so concerned, why don't they part with their gorilla and send him to a larger enclosure. The fact that they expect another larger community to give up a gorilla for them shows that their concern is most likely monetary, in my mind. If they are so concerned, why don’t they part with their gorilla and send him to a larger enclosure. The fact that they expect another larger community to give up a gorilla for them shows that their concern is most likely monetary, in my mind.

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