Cincinatti Zoo officials shoot and kill gorilla after child falls into enclosure

[afleitch]

As much as 'speciesism' is frankly annoying, if the boy falls in and calls out in distress or his mother does then because I can understand him and I cannot communicate with the gorilla, I can't be blind to the calls for help. That would be inhuman. So I would save the child.

Likewise if Johnny Human is having fun torturing another gorilla and the gorilla is distressed, I'd immobilise the human because I can understand the gorilla's distress.

[afleitch]

As much as 'speciesism' is frankly annoying,

I thought you identified as a humanist.

I am. I don't see why I should lack concern for the wellbeing of animals given that animal husbandry is one of the hallmarks of what makes us human.