Harambe

Zoology / Animal Behavior

Was Harambe aggressive? A concise, evidence-based assessment indicates that available records and expert analysis do not support a classification of Harambe as broadly aggressiv...

animals-pets

Harambe became widely famous in May 2016 after a child entered the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Zoo officials made the decision to lethally shoot...

Status Updates

After Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla, was fatally shot at the Cincinnati Zoo in May 2016 to save a child who had entered his habitat, his body was released for a...

Zoo and Animal Welfare

On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo, leading to the fatal shooting of Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla. In...

internet-culture

Harambe memes are an enduring internet phenomenon that repurposes the memory of Harambe, a gorilla who died at the Cincinnati Zoo in May 2016, into humor, commentary, and someti...

zoo-habitats

Harambe lived most of his adult life at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he arrived in September 2014 and remained until his death on May 28, 201...

Animals and Wildlife

The Harambe memorial at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is a permanent, zoo-sanctioned tribute installed in the outdoor Africa section near the gorilla habitat. It was cre...