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Watch Video OF Gorrilla(Harambe) And Four-Yr-Old Boy Who Fell In Cincinnati Zoo


Thane Maynard, the director the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, said during a news conference Monday that looking back, officials there "would make the same decision" to shoot a 450-pound gorilla after a boy climbed over a stainless steel barrier and fell into the animal's enclosure.
Harambe, a 17-year-old silverback gorilla nicknamed Handsome Harambe by zookeepers for his good looks, was "six times stronger than a man" and acting "erratically" when he was shot and killed Saturday with the 3-year-old boy between his legs, Maynard said.
The barrier separating visitors from the gorilla enclosure exceeds "any required protocols," Maynard said, adding that while the barrier is over 3 feet high, "anyone" can climb it if he or she "want[s] to," comparing it to burglars gaining access to a locked house or car. The child was originally thought to have climbed through the 38-year-old barrier, but upon further inspection, it was determined that he climbed over it, Maynard said.
The child then fell about 15 feet into about a 18 inches of water, Maynard said, calling him a "tough little kid." Maynard said he is not "pointing fingers" for the incident.
"We’ve never had a situation like this in the zoo," he said, adding that drills are done "regularly" to prepare for them.
The zoo plans to double the size of the gorilla exhibit and will be "looking at" the barrier to see if changes need to be made, Maynard said.
More than 7,000 people were at the Cincinnati Zoo when Harambe was killed, Maynard said. The "difficult" decision to shoot and kill him was made after he didn't respond to a "special call" zookeepers make to summon the gorillas in from the enclosure. Instead, he was agitated by the child and onlookers' screams and began dragging him around, Maynard said.
The two female gorillas that lived in Harambe's group have been "looking around" for him, Maynard said, but they did not witness the shooting.
The zoo's gorilla breeding program is still "intact," Maynard said, and Harambe's bloodline has not come to an end. The zoo has a sample of his sperm, and his half-sister, Gladys, still resides at the zoo.
"We lost an incredible, magnificent animal," Maynard said.
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