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Kaley Cuoco calls killing of gorilla 'senseless'
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Published May 31, 2016
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 30: Actress Kaley Cuoco attends the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 30, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) (Getty)
Kaley Cuoco is ready for you to "bring on the hate!!!!" after weighing in on the killing of a 17-year-old gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo over the weekend.
Harambe the gorilla was shot and killed after a 4-year-old boy slipped into his enclosure at the Ohio zoo on Saturday. While zoo officials have defended their decision, calling the incident "life-threatening," the "Big Bang Theory" actress blasted it as "horrendous" on Instagram.
"Another senseless horrendous animal being killed over people not using their brains," she wrote. "If you watch the footage, you see this gorgeous animal holding that child's hand. Do with that, what you will. As sad as this makes me, a part of me is happy for that amazing creature doesn't have to live in captivity another day."
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Other celebs, including Ricky Gervais and "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Lisa Vanderpump, have also weighed in, with the latter tweeting, "Oh the poor gorilla, he did nothing wrong."
This is why I hate zoos! This is so messed up. This poor gorilla. https://t.co/sdr3KXMyQa
— Kat McPhee (@katharinemcphee) May 29, 2016
Damn homie.. You was just chillin at your crib. R.I.P pic.twitter.com/shTdDzldwh
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) May 30, 2016
Meanwhile, famed zookeeper and TV personality Jack Hanna, who serves as director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, told CBS This Morning that he agrees "1,000 percent" with the zoo's choice to put down the gorilla.
"They made the correct decision. Matter of fact, it's a millisecond decision," Hanna explained. "All of us are sorry. We're all, in the zoo world, heartfelt for this whole thing, but thank goodness a human being is alive today because of the decision that the zoo made."
"Just watch your kids," he added. "I'm sure that the mother here did the best she could. I guess maybe she was doing something else, I don't know, I wasn't there."
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