Vigil held for zoo gorilla shot dead after boy fell into enclosure

Animal rights activists have staged a vigil for the gorilla killed at Cincinnati Zoo after a four-year-old boy slipped into his enclosure.

Vigil held for zoo gorilla shot dead after boy fell into enclosure

Animal rights activists have staged a vigil for the gorilla killed at Cincinnati Zoo after a four-year-old boy slipped into his enclosure.

A special zoo response team concluded the boy's life was in danger so killed the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla.

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