ShortHand: Harambe
May 26, 2026•21 min•Ep. 210
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Episode description
Shot and killed in front of a crowd of terrified onlookers, Harambe, a western lowland gorilla, will go down in history. His death – seemingly while trying to rescue a small boy who had fallen into his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Biological Gardens – caused ripples across the world.
On the ten year anniversary of his death, we try to answer the million-dollar question: did Harambe need to die?
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