Is there a choice a gorilla and a child?

Thank you for all the responses guys, appreciate the time some of you have taken to give really good responses.... Looking forward to see what's going to happen to the terrible parents who allowed the child over the protective wall, in the first place....

They should have shot the parents for allowing such a thing to happen.

From what I read, @Nathan they said the tranquilizer would take too long to take effect and they didn't want to agitate the gorilla, I guess they were afraid that it would have made Hambre angry. I just wish there was a way they could have saved the lives of both the child and the animal, but considering the severity of the situation, I am glad the child was saved, unfortunately the gorilla had to die, although it breaks my heart because it was not the animals fault that the parents were not wat

Why did they not use the tranquilizer?....I lost track....?

A conservation fund has been setup in memory of Harambe, the majestic young male Western lowland gorilla who tragically lost his life on May 28, 2016. While the unfortunate set of circumstances surrounding his passing cannot be reversed, his story has brought the desperate plight of his wild counterparts and their habitat in the African north-western Congo Basin into the public eye.

In Kenya, the word “harambee” is “a rallying cry.” In Swahili, “harambee” means “pull together.”

As much as I LOVE animals... and I do indeed LOVE all of them, some just more than others..... the zoo did the right thing..... Watching that video over and over... it was clear to me that the gorilla was not going to just simply let that little boy go.
So sad.. for all involved.
I can not imagine what that must of been like for the people that were there, especially the children....watching this unfold.
This is a Facebook post that I thought summed it up
https://www.facebook.com/amanda.odono