Harambe’s remains to be used for science
The body of the gorilla will be used to help scientists learn about genetic problems concerning his species.
“There’s a future,” Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden director Thane Maynard said during a press conference Monday afternoon. “It’s not the end of his gene pool.”
After Harambe’s death, reproductive biologists from the zoo’s Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife collected viable sperm from the animal. The center’s assisted reproductive programs include research with artificial insemination and frozen sperm.
In Harambe’s case, that’s significant because, at 17, he had not yet reached breeding maturity. Zoo officials did have hopes of breeding him in the future.
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Carla Akins May 31st, 2016 at 04:20
Breeding maturity? KInda sounds like the gorilla morality police may have a larger issue than actual biology.
Bunya May 31st, 2016 at 14:51
Now, THERE’S a good reason to kill an endangered species animal. Maybe when a person is murdered, we can justify it by saying their remains will be used for science.