Zoo staff in Cincinnati recently responded to reports of a black primate being in the presence of a child in a public space.
The black primate was then shot by white primate zoo staff in Cincinnati after raising his hands suddenly.
Defenders of the zoo pointed out the zoo staff had no way of knowing whether Harambe was raising his hands to protect the child or draw an automatic weapon from within his fur.
Critics of the zoo have pointed out that no white primates have been killed in similar circumstances in 2016, claiming that a white primate would not have been treated in the same way.
