The Cincinnati Zoo's Harambe is not the first zoo gorilla to encounter a child in his enclosure, but he is one of the first to die as a result Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

On Memorial Day weekend in 2016, a four-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, encountering Harambe, a 17-year-old, 400-pound silverback gorilla. The ensuing ...

A three-year-old child managed to slip into the gorilla enclosure while his mother was distracted. Zoo officials explained that under these circumstances, they could not risk attempting to ...

Baby G reunited with his surrogate mom Fredrika at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's gorilla enclosure after spending time away from the troop getting treated for pneumonia This video captures the ...

If your kid loves to hang on the glass at the gorilla enclosure, you might think twice after watching the video that @ashli_samantha shared. The trip started off completely normal. In the footage ...

The 17-year-old male gorilla named Harambe was shot by a team at the zoo after a toddler fell into his enclosure. Video emerged of the terrifying incident, which showed the gorilla handling the ...

The Norfolk zoo lost power on Tuesday night, and not long after, rumors started circulating online that the electricity ...

Photo: Novum / Rob Doolaard Bokito at the age of 20. Photo: Novum / Rob Doolaard Silverback gorilla Bokito, who caused headlines around the world after escaping from his enclosure at Blijdorp zoo in ...

Because a full-grown gorilla can’t live in a person’s house, Snowflake began spending all his time in his zoo enclosure. There, he was the father to 21 children with three different female ...