THE mother of a boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure before the animal was shot dead has lashed out at her critics, saying in a Facebook post that “accidents happen”.

Hanna defended zoos, noting that they invest money in animal preservation.

The mother of the 4-year-old boy who slipped into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday.

Cincinnati police on Sunday said the parents had not been c-harged (...)

The zoo had its share of defenders and supporters, who weighed in on Facebook acknowledging the difficulty of its decision.

A ZOO is under fire for shooting a rare gorilla dead after a four-year-old boy fell into his enclosure.