Gorillas raised in captivity have no hope of surviving in the wild. They will be brutally murdered. And this is just what happened. Of his attempt at release a family into the wild...Damian Aspinall's team found all five adult females dead, including Tamki - as well as baby Akou. Damian's response even before the killings-" And if it's a disaster and they all die, all those people will jump up and down and say, "He was an idiot." Fine. I'm willing to take that. I don't care."  So he's "willing to take that." What a guy. He's still alive!

Tara Stoinski of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund correctly states "returning a handful of zoo animals can't begin to counter the vast numbers that are lost every year, so Damian's money would be better spent saving gorillas already in the wild. We need all hands on deck right now to be conserving wild populations. We need funds to be going into saving these wild places so that the animals that are living there currently can continue to survive.

At least someone gets it.

"I'm the ambassador for these animals. I'm here to protect those animals and give them their chance to go back into the wild. 'Cause what I don't believe in is they should spend the rest of their lives in captivity."      Damien says "And when I look after these animals, they're my equal." Wrong answer, Damien. They'd never send you to be slaughtered.

And yet even after this disaster he plans to continue.

This man needs to be stopped.

Please contact: Mrs Amanda McCabe
Assistant Communications & PR Manager and tell her this madness must stop.

amandam@aspinallfoundation.org

And here's a shout out to the geniuses at 60 Minutes. "Playtime with Primates". Seriously?