On Memorial Day weekend in 2016, a four-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, encountering Harambe, a 17-year-old, 400-pound silverback gorilla. The ensuing ...

But in any case, how does one offensive meme (be it “d**** out for Harambe” or anything else) justify banning all references to Harambe? What a horrible thing to do to this gorilla.

Federal regulators have determined that the Cincinnati Zoo enclosure that housed Harambe -- the gorilla that inspired countless memes -- was not up to their standards. SEE ALSO: People are wasting ...

Harambe was the gorilla living at the Cincinnati Zoo that was shot and killed after a child fell into its habitat. The gorilla has since become a popular meme. The caller even said they worked for ...