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Is. and besides that, all the anger out here today, theres been a lot of it, and now hundreds of thousands of people online are calling for the parents in this case to be prosecuted. a tense and terrifying 10 minutes inside the gorilla world exhibit. a 3-year-old boy dragged and toss bid a 450 pound gorilla named harambe. >> the young boy ducking under a railing, climbing through protective wiring, and dropping more than 10 feet into this mote, according to zoo officials. >> this is a dangerous ...

Its killed 11 men. and i -- i reckon you wouldve been the 12th. >> the giving of the gun to bass reeves is a sign of respect. so this white racist outlaw, this man who had murdered a black preacher, now, finally, with his dying breath, comes to see that this black man has brought him down. >> jim webbs death closes one of the most violent chapters in bass reevess career. [ horse whickers ] he continues to pursue justice in the indian territory. but when he suffers two of the greatest tragedies o...

>> oh my god. oh my god. everybody back up. >> mommy loves you. right here. >> be calm, be calm. be calm.

Animal that is over 400 pounds and extremely strong. all sorts of things can happen in a situation like that. >> the gorilla is an endangered silver back. the zoo celebrating his 17 rnlg birthday the day before he was killed. the boy was taken to the hospital but he is going to be okay. his mother was watching several children when he slipped through the mote. >> the boy had been talking about wanting to go in. go n get in the water. and his mother is like, no, youre not. no, youre not. >> the z...

Patriot. >> i am speechless. >> that is very sad. >> the time is 26 minutes after the top of the hour. was it the only option? new questions and growing outrage over the shooting of an endangered gorilla who dragged a small boy. ohio po welled kthat controvers and your comments are next. soon.

Gorilla grabbed the little boy around the enclosure. listen as the boys mother is pleading with her child to stay calm. >> mommys right here. >> oh my! oh my god! >> just calm down. >> isaiah. >> back up. okay. mommy loves you. im right here. >> my son. >> no. hes playing. hes sitting there. no, no. >> please protect him. >> isaiah, be calm, be calm. be calm. be calm. >> oh my god.

Its like if you get a shot in the bottom. youre going to jump. you take a 500-pound animal and gets a tranquilizer that way, it takes five to ten minutes. he definitely would have jumped. if he had ahold of the boy, you could already see the gorilla in that mechanism of being upset. anybody will tell you that in those gorillas. who knows what could have happened there so quickly. >> jack hanna, director emeritus of the columbus zoo. thank you, jack. that is going to wrap up this hour on msnbc. i...

Disregard, everybody. notified for trauma. >> its a sad day all the way around. the right choice was made. it was a difficult choice. >> reporter: harambe was a western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species. the zoo had hoped he would eventually father other gorillas. >> we love this zoo. its very friendly. everything is beautiful here. but when you see something like that and you have the disappointment because what do you say to your grandchildren? >> jessica schneider reporting the...

[ screaming ] >> oh, my god! >> okay. everybody back up. >> mommy loves you. im right here. >> reporter: the young boy screams, and the urgent calls to 911 can be heard on this bystander video. >> my son. >> reporter: harambe drags the boy around the moat and up a ladder for a total of ten minutes as the zoos dangerous animal response team anxiously decides what to do next. >> the little boy himself had already been talking about wanting to go in, go in, get in the water. and his mother is like,...

So it was very heavy, trying to pull him out. >> while the force of the stream is crushing his chest against the bridge, the melt waters temperature is just above freezing, sapping whatever energy todd has left. responding to a call from another firefighter, sheriff major rick albers arrives on scene. the officer has just recently completed swift water rescue training. >> from my experience in training in swift water rescue, he wasnt going to be able to be pulled out just by his arms. they would...