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Silver back gorilla

Source: Alan Tunnicliffe Photography / Getty

In spite of the recent unfortunate incident at the Cincinnati Zoo where a 4-year old child fell into a gorilla enclosure, it’s important to note that this is not the first time this has happened. During the 80s and 90s there were two other children that this happened to, but there was a very different outcome. The mother as well as the zoo has been under tremendous scrutiny. Check out the behavior of the gorillas in the videos below (compliments of Youtube) and compare them to Harambe and the Cincinnati incident and share your opinions in the poll following.

Harambe at the Cincinnati Zoo: