Prosecutor: No charges against boy’s mother in gorilla case
A prosecutor Monday announced no charges will be brought against the mother of the little boy who got into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo, saying the 3-year-old “just scampered off” as children sometimes do.
Zoo dangerous-animal squads arm for a weighty responsibility
When a 400-pound gorilla grabbed a 3-year-old boy at the Cincinnati Zoo, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn’t from the police.
Q&A: Should mom be charged in son’s encounter with gorilla?
The killing of a 400-pound gorilla to save a little boy who had slipped into the animal’s enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has triggered outrage, second-guessing and a police investigation into whether the youngster’s family did anything wrong.
Police investigating parents of boy rescued from gorilla
Police said Tuesday they are investigating the parents of the 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and had to be rescued by a team that shot the 400-pound animal to death.
Cincinnati Zoo director defends killing gorilla to save boy
The Cincinnati Zoo’s director on Monday defended the decision to kill a gorilla to protect a 4-year-old boy who entered its exhibit, noting it’s easy to second-guess after the child was recovered safely.