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Harambe
Harambe

Learn English meaning of ‘Harambe’

Date: Jul 18 2016

Themes: News, Pop Culture

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Something tragic happened at the Cincinnati Zoo on May 28, 2016. A three-year-old boy fell into the gorilla pit. To save the boy, zoo workers killed Harambe the gorilla. Everyone was very sad about this.

Now, there are two main points of view. People who love animal rights think that this is an example of bad parenting, and the boy’s mother should be in trouble. But other people think a child’s life is more important than an animal’s life.

Vocab

tragic adj.

Definition

Example The death of my cousin in a car crash at age 2 was a tragic loss.

pit n.

Definition

Example The man who jumped into the alligator pit survived!

point of view n.

Definition

Example From my point of view, you're wrong. I know that you think you're right, but it seems totally wrong to me.

animal rights n.

Definition

Example I'm really into animal rights. I think we must protect and care for all animals.

parenting n.

Definition

Example I think parenting is a very hard job.

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Discussion

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What do you think about this story? Do you agree with the parents or with the animal rights activists?

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ola3

ola3Super Member!

Ukraine

What’s done is done to save a child. Parents are to blame for neglecting their child in the zone of risk that caused animal death.

09:48 AM Jul 22 2016 |

s11211s

s11211s

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

In my point of view all living beings is important and It’s clear that human life is more important than the other. Because we are human and we are on the human hand.


But careless parents is another issue. In this case killing a gorilla saved the boy’s life. In other situation it may not work anything to save careless parents’s kids! So it need to punish these kinds of parents.

05:30 PM Jul 18 2016 |

Seiyf_khawas

Turkey

ı watched this news on TV with mixed feelings, 


ı got happy when 3 years old child was saved ,


ı got sad when Gorilla was killed .


and last note, Harambe was very innocent in this event,suddenly child fell down the gorilla pit and Gorilla didnt understand anything  and Gorilla was killed by Zoo workers.


and now, all Zoo responsibles must take better precautions for saving other Harambes.and parents must be more careful .

03:06 PM Jul 18 2016 |

GWTA

GWTASuper Member!

Germany

It´s clear, the dead of Harambe is very sad.


It´s also claer, it was a bad parerting .


But a child is more importend than an animal.

12:11 PM Jul 18 2016 |

La Princesse de la vie

Egypt

Well, I felt bad myself hearing of that. I sort of have mixed feelings about it. Accidents do happen and it has nothing to do with parenting I guess, but I think it will be a reminder for parents now to keep their kids by their side when in the zoo. But did they really have to kill Harambe, why didn’t they just anesthetize it?

12:09 PM Jul 18 2016 |

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tkash

tkash

United States

That was definitely tragedy. Mother should be blamed for bad parenting. But the fact is the boy fell into the gorilla pit and zoo staff need to do something very quickly for saving child’s life. That means they have no choice to kill gollira because that is the matter of which is more important , gollira’s life or human’s life. Nobody would choose gollira out of your beloved. Parent’s responsibility is another issue.

06:59 AM Jul 18 2016 |

mojtaba

mojtaba

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Well,that’s right the child parents are guilty but that happen and we should decide which is matter the child or gorilla live,of course the child and its better the animal’s supporter be rational

04:41 AM Jul 18 2016 |

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