White House made lengthy post about gorilla shot dead at Cincinnati zoo after a toddler entered his enclosure in 2016Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The White House has posted on social media a tribute to mark Thursday’s 10th anniversary of the death of a figure it called “a true patriot”.The hero was not a human, however; it concerned the infamous case of the 400lb western lowland gorilla that had been named Harambe, which was shot dead at the Cincinnati zoo after a toddler entered his enclosure and interacted with the animal. Continue reading...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/28/white-house-harambe-tribute