News storys are saying the gorilla was slamming the kid against a rock for a full ten minutes and molesting him.
Why the forget are they trying to justify the shooting with these bullcrap lies like these.
Wow, it's almost like you don't have the slightest clue what the forget you are talking about.
The gorilla was, indeed, protecting the child from the panicking onlookers he perceived as a threat. Too bad that for an animal that size, the protective measures could easily be the death of a small toddler.
Edit: Also, they didn't use tranquilizers because it would have 'pissed the gorilla off', they simply didn't have any fast-acting tranquilizers. If they did, those things act loving quick and the thing would have been woozy within seconds.