Cincinnati Zoo Reopens Gorilla Exhibit Where Boy Fell

Kate Villanueva of Erlanger, Kentucky, center right, holds a sign depicting the gorilla Harambe during a vigil outside the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Monday, May 30, 2016, in Cincinnati.Harambe was killed Saturday at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy slipped into an exhibit and a special zoo response team concluded his life was in danger. AP Photo/John Minchillo

Just a day after prosecutors found no reason to charge the mother of a boy who fell into a gorilla pit, the Cincinnati Zoo reopened the exhibit.

After the 3-year-old boy fell into the enclosure last week, 17-year-old gorilla Harambe picked him up and dragged him around for 10 minutes. The great ape was then shot and killed, triggering public outrage.

The Cincinnati Zoo reopened the exhibit on Tuesday with a higher, reinforced barrier that was installed, WLWT-TV reported.

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