Internet memes of Harambe have since become popular on social media in the wake of his death. Unfortunately this outcry didn’t exactly go to plan for the zoo, with them now shutting down their Facebook and Twitter accounts as a result of being inundated with a barrage of new jokes regarding the deceased gorilla.
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Earlier this year, staff at the zoo shot dead the 17-year-old Western Lowland gorilla after a three-year-old fell into its enclosure. Constant mentions of Harambe “makes moving forward more hard for us”.
A zoo in the U.S. where a gorilla was killed earlier this year has deleted its Twitter account after constant online trolls about the animal’s death, the media reported.
The zoo hasn’t said exactly why they took down their Twitter page or if it had anything to do with the ongoing mentions of Harambe by their Twitter followers.
The hacker said a week ago the Cincinnati Zoo website had been “owned by Poodlecorp”. On Tuesday 23 August, the zoo’s account on the micro-blogging site had been deleted.
The zoo recently reopened its gorilla exhibit with a higher, reinforced barrier and urged support for gorilla conservation efforts.
Or a tweet stating that a yellow pond turtle has 8 vertebrate was swiftly bombarded with tweets like “Harambe had 8 hearts”, “the Cincinnati zoo has 0 harambe” and “harambe loved turtles”.
“At first, the petitioners had good intentions”, said James Leggate, a web editor for WCPO-TV. But then the goofuses of the Internet hopped on the Harambe train for their jollies, and it has gotten out of control’.
Communications Director Michelle Curley confirmed that the zoo deleted its Twitter accounts Monday but did not provide any additional details.
Harambe’s death in late May ignited a whirlwind of memes nominating the gorilla for president, pleading for his resurrection and taking aim at zookeepers for firing the fatal shots.
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Every time the zoo tweeted news about its other inhabitants, it was mercilessly trolled with Harambe-based replies.
