Video: Zookeepers Killed a Critically Endangered Gorilla After He Grabbed a Four-Year Old at the Zoo
by The Daily Eye Team May 31 2016, 9:30 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 21 secsA western lowland male gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo was killed by keepers on Saturday after he dragged around a four-year-old boy who fell into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said.The boy crawled through a barrier and fell about 12 feet into a moat surrounding the habitat, where Harambe, a 400-pound western lowland gorilla, grabbed him, Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard told reporters.