A 4-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden escaped with serious---but non-life-threatening injuries.
In the enclosure, the boy was picked up by a 17-year-old, 400-pound gorilla, named Harambe. The gorilla was shot and killed by a Cincinnati Zoo employee when the child was in between the ape’s legs. After shooting the gorilla, employees opened the gate and two firefighters retrieved the child.
The boy---who has not been identified---fell about 10 to 12 feet into a moat, where he was picked up and carried around by the gorilla for about 10 minutes. The boy was not seriously injured in the fall.
