--- description: The Cincinnati Zoo has returned to Twitter after deactivating its account two months ago due to harassment over the death of Harambe. title: Cincinnati Zoo Returns to Twitter—But Is Greeted by More Harambe Harassment image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt224e0e77346ecdb4/6988ab11428a9e1fcacd4ba0/cincinnati-zoo-twitter-harambe.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cincinnati Zoo Returns to Twitter—But Is Greeted by More Harambe Harassment  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2016 4:37 PM CUT  Visitors walk past the main entrance to the Cincinnati Zoo's Gorilla World exhibit days after a boy fell into the moat and officials were forced to kill Harambe, June 2, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visitors walk past the main entrance to the Cincinnati Zoo's Gorilla World exhibit days after a boy fell into the moat and officials were forced to kill Harambe, June 2, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio.John Sommers II—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2016 4:37 PM CUT The Cincinnati Zoo has returned to Twitter after [deactivating its account](http://time.com/4462675/cincinnati-zoo-deactivates-twitter-harambe/ "undefined") two months ago due to a [flood of harassment](http://time.com/4461256/harambe-gorilla-memes-cincinnati-zoo/ "undefined") over the death of Harambe the gorilla. The zoo reactivated its account last week and began tweeting again this Tuesday, though it has been met with the same barrage of mentions and memes about Harambe. “Welcome back to Twitter, @CincinnatiZoo. Must be nice to reactivate your life. #Harambe wishes he could reactivate his life,” [one Twitter user wrote](https://twitter.com/Palastro24/status/785906032342077440 "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/Lufarco/status/789466884949225474) > [](https://twitter.com/frvnkhaus/status/788773246434963456) Cincinnati Zoo spokeswoman Michelle Curley told the [Cincinnati _Enquirer_](http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/10/19/cincinnati-zoo-returns-twitter-after-hiatus/92418858/ "undefined") that the zoo chose to temporarily leave Twitter in late August because “it was becoming a distraction and not the useful tool it had once been.” “We missed having it as a communications tool,” Curley said Wednesday. “We have a lot to talk about and share with our followers.” Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla, was killed in May to save a 3-year-old boy who had crawled through a barrier and had fallen into the animal’s exhibit. 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