death of Harambe

When

28 May 2016

Kind

Murder

Coordinates

39.14° N, 84.51° W

Description

gorilla named Harambe was killed on May 28, 2016 after a three-year-old boy, Isaiah Dickerson, fell into a gorilla enclosure

Captive gorilla (1999–2016)

Harambe was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the zoo climbed under a fence into an outdoor gorilla enclosure where he was grabbed and violently dragged and thrown by Harambe. Fearing for the boy's life, a zoo worker shot and killed Harambe.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

• Wikidata: shootings and murdersWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page