Comments on: Charlie Rose’s Talk On Gorilla Murders In Virunga National Park

By: prancingpapio

prancingpapio — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:32:51 +0000

Hal, I'm sorry to hear that you think primates, esp. gorillas, are "non conscious" animals. Great apes have been documented to have a sense of awareness. They can recognize their image in front of the mirror, which proves that they also have a sense of self and their surrounding. It is well documented that Koko the gorilla can use sign language to communicate and express her emotions. Look her up on youtube. You'll be surprised.

By: M.E.

M.E. — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:16:31 +0000

That was murder, no other word for it.

Hal, you’re a fool.

By: hal

hal — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:19:55 +0000

Gorillas are not conscious – they are exactly equal to cows or any other non conscious animal. This just has to be by now a proven fact! No one is going to believe that a pigeon is conscious – yet B.F. Skinner proved long ago he could teach one to “talk” as well or better than a chimp. And, that famous african grey parrot could “talk” 10 times better than any Chimp anywhere! A correction is needed here! You can only “Murder a human” – you know, like maybe even in “abortion”, but one can never “murder” an Animal! Please! let us return to reality. Only in cartoons do animals become talkative, and conscious!

By: sheryl

sheryl — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:45:46 +0000

Thanks for commenting on Nienaber’s nonsense. I tried to read the “story” she posted to the Charlie Rose site, but after four paragraphs it didn’t make any sense. She never quite gets from point A to point B, does she? Old Georgianne has written a few articles trashing Wildlife Direct and all NGOs in the DRC, including DFGFI. Crazy is as crazy does …