Barrier to Harambe gorilla exhibit 'ineffective', says inspection report

A barrier separating Cincinnati Zoo visitors from a gorilla exhibit was not in compliance with standards when a three-year-old boy managed to slip inside, resulting in the shooting death of an endangered gorilla named Harambe, inspectors have concluded.

The US Agriculture Department inspection report also stated that the zoo's dangerous-animal response team properly followed procedures after visitors called emergency services on May 28 to report a child in the gorilla enclosure. A team member concluded the child was in "life-threatening danger".