DEAD GORILLAS: Here’s The 60 Minutes Story Animal Activists Don’t Want You To See

Clash DailyMarch 22, 2015

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The loony animal activists don’t want you to know about the reality of releasing zoo animals back into the wild.

This past Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a story profiling controversial conservationist and animal activist Damian Aspinall and his quest to close all zoos and release all animals back to the wild.

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Stahl followed Aspinall’s effort to release nine of the zoo-born silverback gorillas in his care at his sprawling estate in England to the wilds of Gabon in Africa.

As the 60 Minutes crew filmed, Aspinall’s team completed a bridge to the unprotected portion of the forest. They then lured all nine gorillas, including a baby gorilla, across the bridge with food.

“If only we could end on an optimistic note. But we can’t. A month after the gorillas crossed the bridge, Damian’s team found all five adult females dead, including Tamki – as well as baby Akou. An outcome so many of Damian’s critics predicted.”

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