A 17-year-old, 400-pound
male lowland gorilla, Harambe, was shot and killed by the zoo's dangerous
animal response team about 10 minutes after the boy made it into the enclosure.
Zoo director Thane Maynard said
that the boy crawled through the railing and fell into the moat just before 4
p.m. Saturday. A Cincinnati fire department incident report says that the
gorilla "was violently dragging and throwing the child" when they
were called.
The child was in between the gorilla's legs when the gorilla was
shot, fire officials said.
"It's a sad day all
around," Maynard said. "They made a tough choice and they made the
right choice, because they saved that little boy's life. It could have been
very bad."
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