By coincidence I came along a very intresting piece of zoo-history about the foundation of the Gorilla-group at Burgers.
I found this on the net ( Traffic Rapport nr. 6, Non-human primates in the Netherlands ( 1988 ) :
I've now tried to find out which 7 animals came to Burgers in 1984 but was only able to get 5 names :
- Francois - male ( 7 years on arrival ), died 4 years later and a month after his death his only offspring was born - Dian ( mother N'Diki )
-Keke - male ( 4 years on arrival ), didn't breed at Burgers and was send to Belfast where he did produce offsprings.
- Iris ( female ), didn't breed at Burgers and was send to Kolmarden
- Bebe ( female ), produced at least one young ( Ruby )
- N'Diki ( female ), produced at least 3 young ( Dian, N'Gayla and N'Kwango )
Because Francois died and Keke didn't breed a new male was introduced, an hand-raised one from Krefeld Zoo - Gorgo. 2 years after the introduction of the new male, his first offspring with female N'Diki ( N'Gayla ). Later he produced more offsprings.
Later Gorgo was send to Leipzig ( in 2001 ) and a new 5 1/2 year old male from Apenheul - Bauwi - became the leader of Burgers gorilla-troop'
Also some new females were introduced to the troop:
- Nimba, an hand-raised gorilla from Barcelona which produced at least one young sofar ( Nakouh - 2010.
- Makoua, also hand-raised but I wasn't able to find out were she came from.
Untill 2013 a total of 14 young have been born at Arnhem.
In this overview still a lot of white spots and if any ZooChatter can fill these up, I would be very pleased, for example the names of the other 2 females which came from the wild, the birth-place of Makoua, a list of all young born untill 2013 and a list of all the young born after 2013, the status of all 6 remaining wild-caught animals ( are they still all alive ? ), and so on....
I found this on the net ( Traffic Rapport nr. 6, Non-human primates in the Netherlands ( 1988 ) :
I've now tried to find out which 7 animals came to Burgers in 1984 but was only able to get 5 names :
- Francois - male ( 7 years on arrival ), died 4 years later and a month after his death his only offspring was born - Dian ( mother N'Diki )
-Keke - male ( 4 years on arrival ), didn't breed at Burgers and was send to Belfast where he did produce offsprings.
- Iris ( female ), didn't breed at Burgers and was send to Kolmarden
- Bebe ( female ), produced at least one young ( Ruby )
- N'Diki ( female ), produced at least 3 young ( Dian, N'Gayla and N'Kwango )
Because Francois died and Keke didn't breed a new male was introduced, an hand-raised one from Krefeld Zoo - Gorgo. 2 years after the introduction of the new male, his first offspring with female N'Diki ( N'Gayla ). Later he produced more offsprings.
Later Gorgo was send to Leipzig ( in 2001 ) and a new 5 1/2 year old male from Apenheul - Bauwi - became the leader of Burgers gorilla-troop'
Also some new females were introduced to the troop:
- Nimba, an hand-raised gorilla from Barcelona which produced at least one young sofar ( Nakouh - 2010.
- Makoua, also hand-raised but I wasn't able to find out were she came from.
Untill 2013 a total of 14 young have been born at Arnhem.
In this overview still a lot of white spots and if any ZooChatter can fill these up, I would be very pleased, for example the names of the other 2 females which came from the wild, the birth-place of Makoua, a list of all young born untill 2013 and a list of all the young born after 2013, the status of all 6 remaining wild-caught animals ( are they still all alive ? ), and so on....
. Most of the animals listed for Burgers are born there ( + Nimba and Bauwi ). Not a single animal from the wild anymore.