However, Amanda O’Donoughue, a former zookeeper, has a whole different opinion which she expressed on a Facebook “Now Gorillas are considered ‘gentle giants’ at least when compared with their more aggressive cousins the chimpanzee, but a 400+ pound male in his prime is as strong as roughly 10 adult humans.
Jerry Stones had raised Harambe from birth up until last year in Texas. Sorry. We have sent an email to the address you provided with an activation link. Our zoo family is still healing, and the constant mention of Harambe makes moving forward more difficult for us. He flopped over the railing. OK, now multiply that number by ten.

Very Sad!False. I thought I could say that with a straight face, but no...Because when things like this happen it needs to be evaluated and a solution needs to be found as to how it can be fixed where nothing like this will ever happen again. Where you are getting these indiana jones stories as if the child went over a 1000 obstacles and gone for several minutes when but split seconds I don't know.The enclosure should have been better protected for these reasons.

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Get real. Text us for exclusive photos and videos, royal news, and way more. A split-second decision, to shoot an animal and save a child’s life, became one of 2016’s most talked-about memes. The mother of a boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at a US zoo has become the victim of online abuse after zookeepers shot the animal dead. I have downtismI fault the zoo AND the parents. Saturday, a child’s accidental encounter with Harambe, one of the Cincinnati Zoo’s silverback gorillas, ended with the animal being shot. It didn't need to happen and the fault lies with the parents for not actually parenting their child.because gorilla can't squeeze through the fence. Since Harambe, a 17-year-old silver back gorilla was shot dead at Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old kid managed to get into his enclosure, many people were arguing that there was no need to kill the animal, claiming that he was actually trying to take care of the boy. We're asking people to rethink comments that seem similar to others that have been reported or downvoted By using our services you agree to our use of cookies to improve your visit. Hello, I am the zookeeper who shot Harambe. Text us for exclusive photos and videos, royal news, and way more. That kid should have been better cared for. Captive gorillas are trained by their keepers to go to their indoor enclosure on command, but in such an emotionally-charged situation this training does not always work.The two female gorillas responded to the calls of their keepers to go inside, but Harambe did not. 'Carrots' have been so effective we’ve forgotten about the 'sticks'.If you’re wondering why an instantaneous tranquiliser was not used, the answer is simple: there is no such thing. Whoever agrees with this statement is an ignorant idiot.Like, why cant we just move on and let Harambe rest in piece?I saw a report on the enclosure yesterday and it was said by someone who went to see it that is would have been very difficult to get in to the enclosure to the Gorilla because there were several barriers to get by to get in there. At the end of the day a stranger was in his home... as my son put it what happened is the equivalent of the police shooting you when someone is pointing their gun at you. I feel their loss with them this week. For the Kenyan tradition, see Fatal shooting of a captive gorilla named "Harambe" holding a young boy that climbed into its enclosureImage from video showing Harambe holding the 3-year-old boy.Cincinnati zoo kills gorilla to save boy who fell into enclosure Watching the video of Yet Harambe was simply doing what any male gorilla would do when confronted with an intruder in his territory. How was it possible for the child to climb through the enclosure’s barrier? A 3 foot railing with a wire cable threaded through the middle similar to a boxing ring and behind it a 3 foot bushed ledge that the child crawled through unable to see the 15ft drop. Sorry. I do not find this to be true. Witnesses said they heard the child say he wanted to go into the gorilla enclosure. At 4 my eyes wouldn't have been off my children and when they were my hand would have been holding theirs. One witness described. "A self-described underground culture collective known as On naming contests for newborn baby gorillas, a teenager made a petition for Dublin Zoo to name a newborn baby gorilla as "Harambe Jr." ("Harambetta" if female) after In September 2017, the zoo added Mshindi, a 29-year-old male western lowland gorilla transferred from the "Harambe" redirects here.

Thats how low this fence was. At the end of the day a stranger was in his home... as my son put it what happened is the equivalent of the police shooting you when someone is pointing their gun at you. DICKS OUT!Right because a zoo that's 42 YEARS old and never once has had an issue is at fault NO the mother is the issue here WATCH YOUR CHILD! She should have waited to go when she had help watching her kids, apparently she needed it.I'm sorry i got mad when it comes to harambe. Typically they would drag large branches, barrels and heavy weighted balls around to make as much noise as possible.