No charges for mum over Harambe death

A prosecutor has said he is not seeking charges against the mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla exhibit, resulting in the shooting of an endangered gorilla to protect the child.

Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters said the child’s mother had three other children with her, and she was attending to them when the 3-year-old “just scampered off” on May 28. He said children’s services made a visit to the boy and mother, and social workers were impressed by the child’s environment.

Mr Deters said that the mother’s actions were “not even close” to meriting reckless endangerment charges.