A gorilla got loose in the Dallas Zoo and attacked a number of people. The gorilla was eventually killed. The settlement capped at $500,000 was divided up among the victums. It only took over 5 years to come to a settlement. It’s ridiculous that it took so long.
That’s old news… what 5 years ago? And it was the PD that shot the gorilla, not the National Guard.
There were a bunch of articles about it in the paper- the usual calls for super-secure enclosures, and “why didn’t we use tranquilizer darts?” questions.
(which the obvious answer is that if a gorilla has run amok in the zoo and is biting people’s heads, it’s time to put him down, endangered species or not)