Harambe

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal inspection has concluded that the Cincinnati Zoo’s barrier to keep the public and gorillas separate wasn’t in compliance with standards for housing primates the day a 3-year-old boy slipped into the gorilla exhibit. The federal inspection report viewed by The Associated Press states that the zoo’s dangerous-animal response team properly […]

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters announced on Monday that he won't seek charges against Michelle Gregg, citing that she was distracted by her other children when her son climbed the fence of the gorilla exhibit.

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor plans to release his decision Monday on whether he will pursue charges against the family of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla exhibit, leading to the fatal shooting of an endangered gorilla to protect the child. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters has scheduled an afternoon […]

For days now, I’ve heard just about everyone discussing what happened in Cincinnati at the zoo over the weekend. People are outraged at the zoo for shooting a 450lb, endangered silver backed gorilla after a 3-year old boy somehow wiggled his way into the animal’s enclosure. Why the outrage? Here’s attorney Lisa Bloom on my […]

The parents (Deonne Dickerson and Michelle Gregg) of the 4-year-old boy who wound up in a gorilla exhibit that resulted in the endangered animal being shot to death, are catching hell over the incident in spite of Cincinnati Zoo officials insisting that they did the right thing. But new footage of Harambe, the 17-year-old gorilla, […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — Panicked zoo visitors watched helplessly and shouted, “Stay calm!” while one woman yelled, “Mommy loves you!” as a 400-pound-plus gorilla loomed over a 4-year-old boy who had fallen into a shallow moat at the Cincinnati Zoo. The boy sat still in the water, looking up at the gorilla as the animal touched […]