First, let’s give some applause to the animal rescue squad for their quick response!

(Alas, there’s always somebody who insists on using “jazz hands”)

And we move on to Mark Trail, pointing out the obvious (hence, his old nickname “Captain Obvious”), showing off his zoological knowledge, and Marksplaining what the professionals likely already know.

On the other hand, these two rescue workers seem to have arrived with insufficient equipment: Just a kind of blanket, it seems. I don’t get it: how did they get the gorilla onto their rescue stretcher (or whatever it is)? Female gorillas can weigh up to 200 pounds or more. Perhaps we’re not supposed to worry about these details, since Jules Rivera saw fit to ignore them, as well.

Meanwhile, Happy Trail—still dressed in his “Mr. Monopoly” suit—comes running in and offering to help, as if either he or Mark have any useful animal medical experience. But I reckon that’s not the point here, is it? He’s part of the Trail Dynasty, dedicated to promoting and protecting nature and its numerous animals. Too bad Mark didn’t see fit to call in Doc Davis, early on!

Well, Mark still did his due diligence, for which he is to be commended. And Happy finally broke away from the wedding ceremony at the last moment to lend support. I reckon we’ll find out tomorrow what the consequences will be for Happy’s and Mark’s interruptions of the wedding ceremony.

Art Dept. Herky-jerky drawing (panels 1 and 4) is fine enough for symbolizing the rush and adrenalin of dealing with the chaos of an emergency. With drawing that tries to visualize chaos and emotion, realism is not always the highest priority. So if you were to zoom in on panel 1 and scrutinize the people, you would likely get even more upset than looking at panel 1 at its normal scale. I admit that it looks unnecessarily clumsy, especially Mark’s figure. We do have to consider newspaper size restrictions, of course, but why not use finer (thinner) lines? One-size-fits-all is not always the best choice.