05-29-2016, 02:46 PM
Harambe was a 17-year-old 400-pound endangered-species gorilla. He was living at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Yesterday, a 4-year-old boy sneaked between the bars and got into the enclave.
He fell near the moat and the onlookers started screaming, at which point Harambe scooped up the boy and dragged him through the moat.
Harambe did not try to hurt the little boy, looks just the opposite to me. The boy was in the enclave for about 10 minutes and some of it was captured on cell video (below, doesn't show the shooting).
Sadly, Harambe was shot dead by rescue workers. A representative from the zoo said that rescue workers made the right decision to shoot him with a bullet instead of a tranquilizer because tranquilizers take a bit to go into effect and the child was at risk of being crushed or otherwise seriously hurt or killed in that habitat.
The boy was taken to the hospital and is expected to fully recover from the trauma.
A bunch of people on social media are going off on the boy's mother and demanding justice for the murder of Harambe.
I'm just really sad that the awesome animal is dead, but glad the boy is fine.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/201.../85095094/
Yesterday, a 4-year-old boy sneaked between the bars and got into the enclave.
He fell near the moat and the onlookers started screaming, at which point Harambe scooped up the boy and dragged him through the moat.
Harambe did not try to hurt the little boy, looks just the opposite to me. The boy was in the enclave for about 10 minutes and some of it was captured on cell video (below, doesn't show the shooting).
Sadly, Harambe was shot dead by rescue workers. A representative from the zoo said that rescue workers made the right decision to shoot him with a bullet instead of a tranquilizer because tranquilizers take a bit to go into effect and the child was at risk of being crushed or otherwise seriously hurt or killed in that habitat.
The boy was taken to the hospital and is expected to fully recover from the trauma.
A bunch of people on social media are going off on the boy's mother and demanding justice for the murder of Harambe.
I'm just really sad that the awesome animal is dead, but glad the boy is fine.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/201.../85095094/