Reddit people who made a lot of money by buying and selling shares of GemeStop donate huge amount to animal protection groups such as gorilla fund

In January 2021, there was an incident in which a group of individual investors of the social bookmark site Reddit overtook a hedge fund and made a big profit over the stock of the game retail chain GameStop. It turns out that many Reddit users donate this profit, which amounts to $ 300,000 depending on the person, to an organization that protects and supports endangered animals.

Reddit investors use GameStop proceeds to help protect gorillas | Endangered species | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/18/reddit-investors-use-gamestop-proceeds-adopt-thousands-gorillas-aoe

At 'Wall Street Bets', a group of Reddit investors, a video message from the donated Dian Fossey International Gorilla Foundation has been released.

A message to WSB from the Director of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund! From r / wallstreetbets

The Dian Fossey International Gorilla Foundation has a fund-raising program on weekends to 'become a gorilla foster parent,' but it is said that there were more than 3,500 applications for 20 cases. This is equivalent to 350,000 dollars (about 38 million yen) in terms of amount.

This time, the main target of the donation was the Dian Fossey International Gorilla Foundation, which was shot dead at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016 for 'trying to harm a boy who fell into the cage' . It was because there was a case. At Reddit, the comment 'Harambe would be proud' for the above movie has been agreed. In addition, it is pointed out that the case of Harambe was the same as when dealing with a gorilla child without trying to do any harm, but there are also voices that there was no option other than shooting. There is.

In addition, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Fund , which protects elephants in Kenya, also received an unusual donation of $ 10,000 (about 1.1 million yen).