When a male 17 year old Silverback gorilla named " Harambe " was shot dead , after a 3-year-old boy managed to slip into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo , Maynard justified the killing of the gorilla because the child 's life was in serious danger . Animal rights groups and others have questioned both the adequacy of the enclosure and the necessity for killing the gorilla
Harambe
Killing of Harambe
Thane Maynard