Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-174.6.145.39-20170427032457/@comment-25615841-20170501165351

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 video and received broad international coverage and commentary, including controversy over the choice to kill Harambe. A number primatologists  and conservationists wrote later that the zoo had no other choice under the circumstances, and that it highlighted the danger of zoo animals in close proximity to humans and the need for better standards of care.