Cincinnati, OH – Trump: Zoo Had Little Choice In Killing Gorilla

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    A boy is led away after putting flowers beside a statue of a gorilla outside the shuttered Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Monday, May 30, 2016, in Cincinnati. A gorilla named Harambe was killed by a special zoo response team on Saturday after a 4-year-old boy slipped into an exhibit and it was concluded his life was in danger. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Cincinnati, OH – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says the Cincinnati Zoo had little choice but to kill a 17-year-old gorilla after a boy got into its exhibit.

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    Trump was asked about the gorilla during a news conference Tuesday in New York. He referred to videos showing the animal at times appearing protective of the child, who got away from his mother Saturday and entered the gorilla’s enclosure.

    Trump says watching the gorilla with the boy was “almost like a mother holding a baby.” But Trump noted that video also showed the gorilla dragging the boy through a shallow moat.

    Trump acknowledged that it was “a very tough call” but says the zoo had little choice because the child’s life was at stake.

    The boy’s family says he’s doing fine.


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    7 years ago

    Spoken like a true president.

    Proud_To_Be_American
    Proud_To_Be_American
    7 years ago

    Who cares what T-Rump says about gorillas.

    Well, maybe he has personal insights!

    Logical_Abe
    Logical_Abe
    7 years ago

    What is Obama’s reaction to this poor gorilla killed? Would he also say, “if he were my son…”

    anon6
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    anon6
    7 years ago

    What is this, Gorillagate?!!?