Their closeness to us is phenomenal

A silver backed Gorilla
Was shot the other day
A little boy got into
A place
Crawled in all that way
And fell into the enclosure
Its parents unaware
The gorilla never harmed the boy
But was shot to death
The affair

Has caused a deal of speculation
As to whether it was right
To kill a male gorilla
To shoot him down on sight

The decision looks into the psyche
And reminds us of KOKO
The female that learned sign language
And clearly was in the know
She became a soul of wisdom
Her intelligence has shown
The closeness to our species
Much more than was ever known

Only 2 per cent different
Between our DNA
Same blood types as us humans
And equivalent hair they say
They are enchanting creatures
Their intellect is high
Reactions clearly thought about
Which is really why

The male they shot and killed
In America last week
Showed no real signs of harming
But because it couldn’t speak
There was no way of knowing
Its intentions, so
A shot rang out a gorilla slumped
Forwards as we all know

How the boy got down into
The enclosure it will be
The Subject one of negligence
But it was extraordinary
Where was the little boys parent
How did he come to crawl
So many unanswered questions
Until, he did fall

Down into the gorillas moat
And the drama then began
When the zoo decided to kill the gorilla
Another life down the pan
The ignorance of childhood
And of the parent too
And the arrogance of zookeepers
To think they know what to do
Were they right or were they wrong
Its difficult to say
But probably they will be mulling it over
Until judgement day

RIP HARAMBE. Who was shot and killed in CINCINNATI zoo
Last week

Thane Maynard the ZOO Director involved