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6th June 2016
08:52pm BST

“By all account, this mother did not act in any way where she presented this child to some harm. She had three other children with her and she turned her back" “If anyone doesn’t believe a 3-year-old cannot scamper off quickly, they have never had kids, because they can.”The Gorilla World exhibit is due to reopen tomorrow, Tuesday 7th, and a number of changes have been made. The public barrier has been raised to 42 inches, solid wood beams have been added to the top with knotted rope netting fixed at the bottom. Speaking about these further safety measures, zoo director Thane Maynard said:
"Our exhibit goes above and beyond standard safety requirements, but in light of what happened, we have modified the outer public barrier to make entry even more difficult".Image via Cincinnati Zoo
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