Cincinnati Zoo

Animals & Wildlife

On May 28, 2016, a 3-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The zoo’s dangerous animal response team made a rapid decision to...

Animals & Pets

Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla, was fatally shot in the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on May 28, 2016, after a child entered his habitat. Zoo officials used...

explainer

On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy climbed under a railing and into the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The Western lowland gorilla named Harambe in...

zoology

Harambe's enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden was designed to balance species-specific welfare, visitor engagement, and safety. This profile explains the habitat...

Animals & Nature

Harambe was a male western lowland gorilla born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas in 1994 and raised at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden from 1995 until his de...

Animals/Zoology

As of 2024, Fiona is approximately 7 years old. She was born on January 24, 2017 at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. This birth date is verified by the Zoo’s official re...

zoology

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden houses a multi-generational gorilla troop at its Asia-focused habitat, Fiona & Claudine Forest. As of the latest available zoo records, the gro...

Zoology and Animal Welfare

On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old child climbed through a barrier and fell into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The zoo’s emergency response team...

animals

On May 28, 2016, a 3-year-old child climbed into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The western lowland gorilla named Harambe interacted with the chil...

Zoo and Aquarium

The capybara at the Cincinnati Zoo is one of the largest living rodents and a charismatic ambassador for South American wetland ecosystems. As an evergreen species profile, this...