Gorilla World at Cincinnati Zoo Reopens After Boy Fell Into Enclosure The Cincinnati Zoo reopened its Gorilla World exhibit today, closing a chapter on the controversy that erupted after a toddler fell into the gorilla enclosure, forcing the zoo to shoot and kill the endangered silverback to save the boy. The Gorilla W Read more ... orld exhibit has been fitted with a new, modified ...

Harambe, Gorilla Killed at Cincinnati Zoo, 'Had to Pay the Price': Experts Some experts and activists say the Cincinnati Zoo was right to fatally shoot an endangered gorilla after a toddler fell into the animal's enclosure.

Cincinnati Zoo: Gorilla Death a Big Loss

Cincinnati Zoo: Gorilla Death a Big Loss The Cincinnati Zoo defended the decision to shoot a gorilla to save a boy, as zoo keepers mourned the loss. Harambe, a western lowland gorilla—an endangered species—had turned 17 years old the day before. Photo: The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gar Read more ... den

Full Video Shows Harambe the Gorilla Dragging Child Before he Was Shot As Internet commenters debate whether the Cincinnati Zoo made the right call when it shot and killed a 400-pound gorilla over the weekend, an unedited ...

Cincinnati Zoo Says Killing Gorilla to Save Boy Was Right Decision An official at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden on Monday defended the shooting and killing of a silverback male gorilla after it dragged around a boy who had fallen into the “Gorilla World” exhibit over the weekend.

Gorilla killed after boy falls into Cincinnati Zoo exhibit Panicked zoo visitors watched helplessly and shouted, "Stay calm!" while one woman yelled, "Mommy loves you!" as a 400-pound-plus gorilla loomed over a 4-year-old boy who had fallen into a shallow moat at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Video: Zookeepers Killed an Endangered Gorilla After He Grabbed a Four-Year Old at the Zoo Cincinnati Zoo officials say the western lowland male gorilla was killed because he posed a threat to the life of a four-year-old boy who fell into the animal's enclosure.

Cincinnati mourns gorilla killed to save boy The Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla exhibit is closed indefinitely after authorities killed a gorilla that attacked a 4-year-old boy who fell into the enclosure's moat.

‘It could have been very bad': Gorilla killed after boy falls into Cincinnati zoo exhibit The boy wasn’t seriously hurt in the fall but after he dropped into the enclosure, the gorilla, a 17-year-old male named Harambe, “went down and got him.”