In 1996, at Brookfield Zoo, a 3-year-old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and was knocked unconscious. To everyone’s astonishment, Binti Jua, an 8-year-old gorilla carrying her own baby, cradled the child and brought him safely to rescuers. Her gentle act of empathy shocked the world, proving that compassion transcends species most greatly.
hicago, 1996 — On a summer afternoon at outside Chicago, an ordinary day of family visits and animal watching turned into an event that captured the world’s […]
