On Memorial Day weekend in 2016, a four-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, encountering Harambe, a 17-year-old, 400-pound silverback gorilla. The ensuing agitation and disorientation of the gorilla amidst the chaos led zoo employees to make the difficult decision to shoot and kill Harambe to protect the child. A video …
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