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When did Harambe die?
Harambe died on May 28, 2016. He was 17 years old, and had celebrated his birthday the day before.
How did Harambe die?
The gorilla was shot and killed after a 3-year-old boy fell into Gorilla World at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Zoo President Thane Maynard had previously said the child crawled through a barrier and fell an estimated 10 to 12 feet into the moat surrounding the habitat.
Harambe grabbed the boy and dragged him around. The child was with the animal for about 10 minutes before the zoo s Dangerous Animal Response Team deemed the situation life-threatening, Maynard said. The choice was made to put down, or shoot, Harambe, so he s gone, Maynard said. We ve never had a situation like this at the Cincinnati Zoo where a dangerous animal needed to be dispatched in an emergency situation.