![]() ![]() Witnesses said they heard the child say he wanted to go into the gorilla enclosure. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the Cincinnati Zoo fell into the moat at the Gorilla World habitat. On September 18, 2014, Harambe was transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to learn adult gorilla behavior and join a new social group. ![]() Harambee is a Swahili term for communal labor. He came up with the name after listening to the 1988 song "Harambe (Working Together for Freedom)" by Rita Marley, widow of Bob Marley. He was named by Dan Van Coppenolle, a local area counselor who won a naming contest sponsored by the zoo. Harambe ( / h ə ˈ r ɑː m b eɪ/ hə- RAHM-bay) was born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, on May 27, 1999.
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