After killing Harambe, @CincinnatiZoo kills its Twitter account

Apparently the Cincinnati Zoo, made famous for shooting a gorilla named Harambe after a little boy fell into its enclosure, has deleted its Twitter account because of all the “memes, petitions and signs” about the beloved ape clogging the account’s replies:

Cincinnati Zoo director: "We are not amused by the memes, petitions and signs about Harambe." https://t.co/zhdEhK0L89

— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) August 23, 2016

Admittedly, it did get pretty bad. Some examples:

https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/766685821466476544

Harambe loved Giraffe kisses

— NYSL Attach (@Attach) August 14, 2016

Harambe loved watching UFC… @CincinnatiZoo

— tEDDy tK (@iCrazyTeddy) August 21, 2016

I would pay full price if I could just see Harambe

— Javi Moreno ???? (@Javi386) August 20, 2016

two snow leopards tails = six feet, which is how deep in the ground y'all put Harambe

— Javi Moreno ???? (@Javi386) August 20, 2016

Although maybe deleting the account will just make it worse?

The Cincinnati Zoo says your Harambe jokes are upsetting their staff so much they can barely shoot animals anymore.

— Benjamin Siemon (@BenjaminJS) August 23, 2016

The Cincinnati Zoo Harambe'd its Twitter account. There is no limit to what they might Harambe.

— Erin ? Ryan (@morninggloria) August 23, 2016

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Cincinnati Zoo deleting its Twitter account in response to Harambe memes is the worst overreaction since the media wrote about Gamergate.

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 23, 2016

Cincinnati zoo has deleted its Twitter account.

Like it deleted Harambe.

— Alan White (@aljwhite) August 23, 2016

It does look like the zoo’s Instagram and Facebook are still live … for now.

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