{"id":2607909,"date":"2026-05-28T14:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-shares-tribute-to-gorilla-legend-harambe\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:31:36","slug":"white-house-shares-tribute-to-gorilla-legend-harambe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-shares-tribute-to-gorilla-legend-harambe\/","title":{"rendered":"White House shares tribute to gorilla legend Harambe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-shares-tribute-to-gorilla-legend-harambe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607909&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ten years after Harambe-the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rip-harambe-five-years-after-death-photo-of-gorilla-to-be-sold-as-an-nft\/\" title=\"\u2018RIP Harambe\u2019: Five Years After Death, Photo Of Gorilla To Be Sold As An NFT\">western lowland gorilla<\/a> killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016-died, the White House marked the anniversary with a tribute on X, calling him a lasting part of American culture and \u201cinternet history.\u201d Harambe was shot after a young child fell into his enclosure, and footage of the incident went viral, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sparking widespread national attention<\/a>, outrage from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-fda-grants-full-approval-to-pfizer-vaccine-taliban-lay-out-red-line-in-afghanistan-judges-rule-covid-19-racial-relief-policies-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"Morning Wire: FDA Grants Full Approval To Pfizer Vaccine, Taliban Lay Out ...Red Line\u201d In Afghanistan, Judges Rule COVID-19 \u2018Racial Relief\u2019 Policies Unconstitutional\">animal activists<\/a>, and viral hashtags such as #JusticeforHarambe.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday marked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-i-learned-from-the-beadle\/\" title=\"What I Learned from the Beadle\">10th anniversary<\/a> of the death of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harambe\/\">Harambe<\/a>, a western lowland gorilla who was killed in 2016, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2059779450275864710\">posted a tribute to him on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEveryone remembers where they were when they heard the news. And somehow, a decade later, his legacy still lives on. Gone, but never forgotten. Rest easy to a true <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/patriotism\/\">patriot<\/a>,\u201d the White House said Wednesday. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4584348\/alyssa-farah-griffin-trump-getting-things-done-despite-criticism\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Alyssa Farah Griffin: Trump \u2018getting things done\u2019 even if critics don\u2019t like it<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4583561\/tom-segura-spencer-pratt-joe-rogan\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Comedian Tom Segura says Spencer Pratt could \u2018have a chance\u2019 in Los Angeles<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4583276\/byron-york-says-us-is-between-war-and-peace-in-iran-conflict\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Byron York says US is \u2018between war and peace\u2019 in Iran conflict<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 17-year-old gorilla was shot and killed at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cincinnati\/\">Cincinnati<\/a> Zoo on May 28, 2016, after a 3-year-old <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/barrier-in-cincinnati-zoos-harambe-exhibit-failed-to-meet-standards-feds-say\">boy fell into Harambe\u2019s enclosure.<\/a> Video of the event went viral, showing the boy being dragged by the gorilla within its enclosure. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event gained national attention and a massive following, sparking outrage from animal activists who condemned the shooting. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, we remember a legend.<\/p>\n<p>On this day in history, Harambe would have celebrated another birthday. An icon that became part of internet history, American culture, and an entire generation\u2019s timeline.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow marks 10 years since we lost him. Ten years since the moment the\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8kfaiuY5zy\">pic.twitter.com\/8kfaiuY5zy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2059779450275864710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trending hashtags like #JusticeforHarambe sprouted, and he became an internet <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/memes\/\">meme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4530307\/freedom-250-ufc-fight-white-house\/\"><strong>WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FREEDOM 250 UFC FIGHT ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Animal rights activists and mourners gather for a Memorial Day vigil  outside the Cincinnati Zoo &#038; Botanical Garden, Monday, May 30, 2016 in Cincinnati for Harambe, the gorilla killed Saturday at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy slipped into an exhibit and a special zoo response team concluded his life was in danger. There has been an outpouring on social media of people upset about the killing of the member of an endangered species.  (AP Photo\/John Minchillo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A child touches the head of a gorilla statue where flowers have been placed outside the Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo &#038; Botanical Garden, Sunday, May 29, 2016, in Cincinnati. On Saturday, a special zoo response team shot and killed Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla, that grabbed and dragged a 4-year-old boy who fell into the gorilla exhibit moat. Authorities said the boy is expected to recover. He was taken to Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center. (AP Photo\/John Minchillo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe became a symbol of loyalty, strength, chaos, unity, and the strange beauty of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/internet\/\">internet<\/a>, bringing millions of people together for one cause: never forgetting Harambe,\u201d the White House said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harambe \u201cbecame part of internet history, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/americans\/\">American<\/a> culture, and an entire generation\u2019s timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House marks Harambe\u2019s 10th death anniversary with X tribute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2607910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-x732e9e2d-1779980632712-e1779980687856.jpg?1779966273&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34261,80414,80413,4133,32127],"class_list":["post-2607909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-animal-rights","tag-gorilla-tribute","tag-harambe","tag-news","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-x732e9e2d-1779980632712-e1779980687856.jpg?1779966273&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607913,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607909\/revisions\/2607913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}