"Zoos aren't

your babysitter" : Parenting

critics flay mom after

gorilla shot to protect

her preschooler

By Katie Mettler

・Morning Mix

May31 at 7:17 AM

[The Washington Post]←

A4-year-old boy fell

into an endangered

gorilla's enclosure at the

Cincinnati Zoo on May28,

and a witness captured

the scene as onlookers

shouted for help.

The gorilla, a

17-year-old

named Harambe,

was shot by Zoo staffin

order for rescuers to reach

the boy.

(Kimberley O'Connor/

ViralHog)