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by Thomas WATKINS WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The director of an Ohio zoo on Monday defended the killing of a critically endangered gorilla as it dragged a young boy who had fallen into its enclosure in a horrifying incident captured on video. Harambe, a 17-year-old male western lowland silverback gorilla, was shot after the four-year-old crawled through a barrier and tumbled 15 feet (4.5 meters) into the Cincinnati Zoo enclosure on Saturday. Video footage […]
OHIO, United States (Reuters) — A child was rescued from the grip of a gorilla after falling into the animal’s enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo Saturday (May 28). “Thank goodness he was not badly hurt going in, because he was walking in there and splashing around,” said zoo director Thane Maynard. “But Harambe, our 17 year old Gorilla, male, who was a great big animal, 400 pounds, went down and got him and carried him […]
