Jane Goodall, whose name at this point is a metonym for “definitive primate expert,” has weighed in on the Cincinnati Zoo’s decision to fatally shoot Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla, after a child fell into his enclosure on Saturday. Her decree?
On Saturday, the Cincinnati Zoo shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla named Harambe to protect a four-year-old boy who’d fallen into the animal’s enclosure. Now, people who evidently would have preferred to see a toddler die in Harambe’s place are angrily threatening the boy’s mother on Facebook. Except, displaying…
A polar bear named Berit escaped its containment area at the Cincinnati Zoo on Wednesday afternoon. People were anxious for a few moments, but everything’s fine!!
In today’s adorable animal news, the Cincinnati Zoo welcomed its first animal birth of the year — a baby penguin.
It is a horror show outside right now in most of the eastern U.S., but for some guys over at the Cincinnati Zoo, the fun has just begun.
