A visitor who recorded the harrᴏwing moments after a 3-year-old boy fell into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo said Sunday that the hulking ape appeared to be more of a gentle giant — the gorilla was protecting the child before the animal wasS.H.O.T ᴅᴇᴀᴅ.

Over the weekend, the nation became ᴇɴɢᴜʟfed in a massive debate about a gorilla at the Cincinnati zoo who wasS.H.O.T and ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ after a baby boy ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛally tumbled into his sᴀɴᴄᴛᴜᴀʀʏ. There are two streams of opinion: one group believes that the gorilla is intending to ʜᴀʀᴍ the boy; Another group assumed the teeth the gorilla was trying to protect and got the boy out of there.

The gorilla was put ᴅᴏᴡɴ after a child climbed into his habitat in Ohio when parents went into a restricted, unauᴛʜᴏʀized area. The gorilla try protecting the little boy until officials finally decided the boy’s life was a risk and his safety and well-being necessitated putting the gorilla ᴅᴏᴡɴ to be able to rescᴜᴇ him

“According to news reports, the youngster managed to crawl through a fence before falling into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens.”

They wrote: “Harambe reportedly picked up the boy and moved him around.”

This is an sad story that ᴡᴀʀɴs parents when talking their children to the zoo. Children are always naughty and need care. Hopefully, such unfortunate events will not happen again.