(EnviroNews World News) — Honolulu, Hawaii — The world’s largest primate, the mighty Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei), is now “critically endangered” according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IUCN announced the gloomy news on September 4, 2016, at its own World Conservation Congress in Honolulu,…
(EnviroNews World News) — EDITORIAL: On Saturday May 28, 2016, a very scary and unfortunate situation transpired at the Cincinnati Zoo when a four-year-old boy made his way into an endangered western lowland gorilla’s cage. The 17-year-old male, named Harambe, did not attack the lad. He did however…
(EnviroNews World News) — A critically endangered 17-year-old male western lowland gorilla named Harambe was shot and killed on-site at the Cincinnati Zoo on May 28, 2016, after a four-year-old boy fell into the gorilla pen and was dragged around by the creature. Investigators think the incident transpired…
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