The Aftermath: The Death of Harambe and The Cincinnati Zoo Toddler Incident
The Alarmist
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🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Marc Bekoff about the killing of Harambe, The Cincinnati Zoo Toddler Incident and zoo culture in general. Marc is a professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, and a past Guggenheim Fellow. With Jane Goodall, Marc co-founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies in 2000. Afterward, Fact Checker Chris Smith stops by to revisit the verdict.
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| 0:00.0 | And here he goes, original. |
| 0:03.6 | Each week, we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy. |
| 0:07.9 | And each week, you tell us if we got it right. |
| 0:12.0 | My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith, and this is The Aftermath. |
| 0:18.1 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:18.6 | Thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath. |
| 0:21.3 | Today, we're speaking with guest expert Mark Beckoff. |
| 0:25.0 | Mark is a professor emeritus of ecology |
| 0:27.8 | and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, |
| 0:31.4 | a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, |
| 0:33.8 | and a past Guggenheim fellow. |
| 0:36.0 | With Jane Goodall, Mark co-founded the organization, |
| 0:39.5 | ethylogist for the ethical treatment of animals, |
| 0:42.7 | citizens for responsible animal behavior studies in 2000. |
| 0:46.7 | Let's hear what he has to say about the death of Harambe |
| 0:49.0 | and the Cincinnati Zoo toddler incident. |
| 0:52.3 | Hi, Mark. |
| 0:52.8 | Thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 0:54.8 | My pleasure to be here. |
| 0:56.1 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:57.9 | So I wanted to start off by getting maybe just |
| 1:01.1 | some general knowledge of Western, lowland gorillas, |
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