Gorilla shot dead at Cincinnati ZOO to save child

  • 8 years ago
A 4-year-old boy was lucky to be alive Saturday after falling into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo in a horrifying incident that ended with the 400-pound primate being shot dead. The unidentified child crawled through a barrier and fell roughly 12 feet into the gorilla cage about 4 p.m., officials said. A hulking 17-year-old male gorilla named Harambe grabbed the child and carried him into a moat. The ape was dragging