Harambe Holding Hands With 4yr Old Boy Before Shot Dead 😢

A special zoo response team shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla named Harambe to protect a four-year-old who fell in the enclosure. But new video footage shows the two briefly holding hands (pictured) 

New video footage of Harambe shows the 400-pound gorilla HOLDING HANDS with the boy who fell into exhibition moat as zoo director insists they were right to shoot him and the barriers were safe 

• Harambe was fatally shot after a four-year-old boy crawled past the railing and fell 15ft into the gorilla exhibit moat, authorities said 
• But witnesses said the gorilla was 'acting protectively' and zoo director confirmed the boy was not under attack
• Video shows boy reaching for Harambe's arm, and they briefly held hands 
• Many have blamed the boy's parents for 17-year-old Harambe's death
• They released a statement on Sunday saying their boy is doing 'just fine'   
• Zoo director said Harambe was 'disoriented' and tranquilizer would have taken too long with the possibility of agitating the animal even more
• Director said: 'Looking back we would make the same decision'
• He insisted barriers were secure, asking: 'Do you know any four-year-olds? They can climb over anything'

By JESSICA CHIA and MYRIAH TOWNER and WILLS ROBINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 09:13 EST, 30 May 2016 | UPDATED: 19:19 EST, 30 May 2016

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