In which American city zoo was a gorilla named Harambe shot and killed when a four year old fell into his enclosure on 28th May (2016)?
Killing of Harambe male western lowland gorilla transferred from the Louisville Zoo. He joined females Chewie, 21, and Mara, 22, who were present the day of the killing. At the same time, the zoo created a new indoor habitat where the gorillas could safely view the public year-round from behind safety glass. Killing of Harambe On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy climbed into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and was grabbed and dragged by Harambe, a 17-year-old Western lowland gorilla. Fearing for the boy's life, a zoo worker shot and killed Harambe. The incident was recorded on
Killing of Harambe and police brutality. Canadian dubstep producer Excision included a song titled "Harambe" on his 2016 album "Virus". On naming contests for newborn baby gorillas, a teenager made a petition to Dublin Zoo to name a newborn baby gorilla as "Harambe Jr." ("Harambetta" if female) after Dublin Zoo announced the newborn baby gorilla by tweet. On June 16, 2017, satire news site "The Onion" featured an article of professional wrestler The Big Show being killed by WWE after a seven-year-old boy wandered into a steel cage during a live event in Indianapolis. In September 2017, the zoo added Mshindi, a 29-year-old