Power outages, GW Parkway closures continue Monday after Saturday stormĪs for the decision to kill the gorilla, people were also torn, hoping there could have been a different outcome but unwilling to blame authorities for the actions they took at that moment. “Where was (the mother) when this happened,” said Peyton. Hopefully, I could push my kid out.”Īfter seeing the video of the gorilla with the child in the water, Chandi Peyton, of Woodbridge, Virginia, wonder what the parents were doing for the incident to happen. I would have got a stick something and tried. “I have to trust they knew what they were doing, and the kid’s alive, so thank God. “There must have been a better way, but I guess there wasn’t,” said Sheldon Elliott, of Sprinfield, Massachusetts. The talk, though, was about the situation in Cincinnati with most reluctant to blame the mother or the zoo for what happened, but one father said he would have taken action himself. Last year, a man did climb over the fence trying to get into that lions’ den but was stopped by security before the animals could react to the intruder. The gorillas at the National Zoo are kept behind a glass wall, seemingly impossible for any visitors to somehow get inside.īut the lions’ den is similar to the pen where the gorillas are kept in Cincinnati, in a fenced in location surrounded by a moat. It ended with zoo officials killing Harambe, a 17-year-old silverback gorilla.Īs thousands took advantage of the good weather to visit the National Zoo in Washington, many of them were talking about the incident. Ndume is a western lowland gorilla, which are critically endangered.Dramatic video was released of the 400 pound gorilla dragging a 4-year-old boy through the water at the Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati Zoo says Ndume is among 50 gorillas born there. The foundation said this week it was sad Ndume was moving. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco ruled in February that the gorilla should be returned. The Gorilla Foundation contended the transfer would harm Ndume. Introductions to the zoo's other gorillas will be made at his pace. He said the first priorities are making sure he is comfortable with his home, keepers and routines. The Cincinnati Zoo's curator of primates, Ron Evans, said it could be "many weeks" before the public can see Ndume. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals supported Ndume's return to Cincinnati and said in a statement that he's back in his home, supported by expert care and the chance to socialize with other gorillas. Cincinnati Zoo officials sought Ndume's return after Koko died last June. He was loaned in 1991 to be a companion for Koko, the gorilla famed for learning sign language. The Gorilla Foundation in California was under federal court order to transfer Ndume on Thursday for a flight to Ohio. "We've been preparing for his arrival for many months and are ready to offer him an environment, schedule and social status that work for him." "We are thrilled that Ndume is finally here," Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard said in a statement. The zoo said Ndume arrived Friday morning and was settling in behind the scenes in its Gorilla World area. CINCINNATI: The Cincinnati Zoo on Friday welcomed back a 37-year-old male silverback gorilla after a legal battle and some 28 years after he went to California.
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