Caretaker of Slain Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla Devastated: 'These Are Like Your Children'

An animal caretaker who helped raise the 17-year-old gorilla that was shot dead at the Cincinnati Zoo said Sunday that he was devastated after learning of the gorilla's death.

Jerry Stones, who took care of the male western lowland gorilla since birth, said he burst into tears upon discovering the animal was killed Saturday after it grabbed and dragged around a four-year-old boy who had fallen into its enclosure. “I admit.