Denver Zoo not speaking about local emergency policies amid Cincinnati incident

Edit Denver Post 02 Jun 2016
Guest take in the day at the Denver Zoo June 19, 2013.John Leyba, The Denver Post. Denver Zoo officials will not comment on local security or policies regarding emergency incidents like the one in Cincinnati that has caused debate across the world ... Boy rescued after gorilla is shot at Cincinnati zoo May 31, 2016 Cincinnati Zoo director defends killing gorilla to save boy....

‘My son fell in with the gorilla!’: Mom’s hysterical 911 call at zoo

Edit New York Post 02 Jun 2016
The mom whose boy climbed into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo last weekend was so hysterical as she called for help, she could hardly speak straight, according to dramatic 911 recordings. “Hi — my son fell in the zoo exhibit at the gorillas!” panicked mom Michelle Gregg shouts at the 911 operator, nearly incoherent at the start of the recording, released Wednesday by police....

Q&A;: Should mom be charged in son's encounter with gorilla?

Edit Atlanta Journal 02 Jun 2016
The killing of a 400-pound gorilla to save a little boy who had slipped into its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has triggered outrage, second-guessing and a police investigation into whether the boy's family did anything wrong. Some have been quick to blame the 3-year-old boy's mom, while others think the zoo needs to be held accountable since the boy got around its barriers ... Why aren't they investigating the zoo?....

Should mom be charged in son's encounter with gorilla?

Edit Deseret News 02 Jun 2016
CINCINNATI — The killing of a 400-pound gorilla to save a little boy who had slipped into its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has triggered outrage, second-guessing and a police investigation into whether the boy's family did anything wrong. Some have been quick to blame the 3-year-old boy's mom, while others think the zoo needs to be held accountable since the boy got around its barriers ... Why aren't they investigating the zoo?....

Slain Cincinnati gorilla likely to live on in genetic 'frozen zoo'

Edit Reuters 02 Jun 2016
(Reuters) - After shooting dead a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo to save a 3-year-old boy, zoo officials said they had collected a sample of his sperm, raising hopes among distraught fans that Harambe could sire offspring even in death. ....

Gorilla incident wouldn’t have happened here, says Jerusalem Biblical Zoo’s head veterinarian

Edit The Jerusalem Post 02 Jun 2016
According to Nili Avni-Magen, zoological director and head veterinarian for the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, a similar incident would not have occurred at the Jerusalem zoo ... ....

Farm Day at preschool

Edit Worcester Telegram 02 Jun 2016
 OXFORD - Tristan, an 18-year-old Shetland pony, gets a reaction from Elijah Lyons, 5, during Farm Day featuring a petting zoo for preschoolers at Chaffee School. At left is Principal Robin Parmley.When the preschoolers were unable to go on a field trip this year, the petting zoo came to them ... ....

Pittsburgh Steelers LB doesn't care for Cincinnati gorilla, blasts city

Edit Journal News 02 Jun 2016
The war between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals continues, this time with Pittsburgh linebacker Vincenzo Williams invoking the gorilla that was shot last week at the Cincinnati Zoo ... ....

Could Cincinnati Zoo incident happen here?

Edit Indianapolis Star 02 Jun 2016
Just about every zoo has a story about an animal that somehow escaped its enclosure or a human that managed to enter an area off limits to our species.        .   ... ....

Why we didn't rush to publish name of mother

Edit Cincinnati 02 Jun 2016
This is being written on Wednesday afternoon, about four days after a 3-year-old dropped into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo. As a result, Harambe, the 17-year-old gorilla was shot to protect the child ... ....

Panicked 911 call from Cincinnati Zoo released

Edit CBC 02 Jun 2016
Confusion and panic set in after a three-year-old boy fell into the Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla enclosure, according to 911 recordings released Wednesday, with the boy's mother pleading for help while repeatedly shouting at her son. "Be calm!" ... ....
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