Lowland Gorillas in Europe 2021

To where is going the male of 14 years Nasibu, present residing Rotterdam Zoo? (Nasibu, 2007, Frankfurt, Matze x Rebecca).
 
Female Naomi died at Beauval Zoo back in November 2020 but this event seemed to pass under my radar, rather like her transfer from La Palmyre just a few months previously to her death. (C.o.d attributed to digestive/colitis) She was the mother of males Enzo and Echo at her previous home Kolmarden in Sweden.
 
Single male Tadao has died at Dvur Kralov zoo. Tadao was wildcaught in 1972 so around fifty years old and probably the oldest male in the EEP region. He lived with females at some stages of his life but leaves no offspring.
 
Tadao was last gorilla at Dvur. He was in full health and then he didn´t wake up on Sunday morning.

The zoo has in midterm no plans to build a new gorilla exhibit. Space available in the current house would not warrant a new gorilla group from EEP so they will go out this species. It will be probably used to add additional room for current small chimpazee group I guess.
 
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