Lowland gorillas in Europe 2013
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Nice birthday-present for Burger's Zoo - 100 years young this year : Gorilla Nimba got her second young today. Even more exiting, 3 other females are pregnant as well !
Gorillas Land
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N'Gayla, Makoua and Shatilla are the pregnant females.
Gorillas Land
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Updating an old news: Bongo (Zoo La Palmyre) died on March 30th 2013.
Cause of death?
Gorillas Land
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No, we received no word about his cause of death.
Best news of the day!!!
Very good news!
Poor 'Muna' never had a baby before because the previous male partner was no good, which is why she is 24 at this first birth.Is she looking after it well?
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Prague Zoo gorillas are fine but stuck upstairs in their pavilion. The flooding was much worse than imagined yesterday afternoon. Richard, Kamba, Kiburi, Kijivu, Nuru and Shinda are very stressed but will be evacuated to another zoo in the Czech Republic. Prague zoo is seeking donations. The damage will cost 10s of millions.
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Perhaps here on ZooChat we can do our bit too?
The other zoo that will take the gorillas not by any chance Dvur Kralove?
praguegorilla
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Yes. Prague Zoo is accepting donations.
Gorillas Land
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Tuana (Zoo Hannover) was moved on June 4th 2013 to Zoologisch-botanischer Garten Wilhelma (Stuttgart).
I know its too early to make any predictions really, and its good that the Gorillas have been saved successfully by the forward planning of the tower/upstairs room. But is it likely they may reisite the Gorilla House on the higher part of the Zoo in the future?. This risk to flooding seems uncceptable for them longterm.
A Gorilla update from Howletts Facebook:
Update by Brian Hammer, Deputy Head Gorilla Keeper, Howletts – May 2013
A charismatic silverback, Kouillou isn’t short on personality and is well known for his Jekyll and Hyde duality of charm and mischief. While he takes on his tough guy role for much of the time, his softer side can be seen when he plays gently with his infants. A Congolese orphan, Kouillou was born in the dense tropical rainforests of northern Congo in the early 1980's before being captured by hunters for eventual sale to a dealer in the Republic of Congo's capital city of Brazzaville. Fortunately, Kouillou was rescued and in 1987, when he was 2 or 3 years old, he was transferred to Howletts to join our breeding program for this critically endangered species. Despite his undoubtedly traumatic start to life, he has grown into a charming adult who is mellowing with age.
In our last update we reported Kouillou's eye problems. It was noted after we saw him feeling around for food with the back of his hand rather than looking with his eyes. Keepers noticed he has white dots in his eyes and they appear to have got a little larger. We are monitoring this closely and will decide how to deal with this if his eyesight continues to decline. Other than his sight, he is really starting to mellow as time goes by and is really quite relaxed. There may be some changes to his group soon as son Otty may be moving to Melbourne for breeding purposes - he has come to the age when he needs to move on. Daughters Kwimba (who is in a different group) and Mah Mah will also be moving on to benefit the international breeding programme - we will keep you up to date on these moves.
Update by Brian Hammer, Deputy Head Gorilla Keeper, Howletts – May 2013
A charismatic silverback, Kouillou isn’t short on personality and is well known for his Jekyll and Hyde duality of charm and mischief. While he takes on his tough guy role for much of the time, his softer side can be seen when he plays gently with his infants. A Congolese orphan, Kouillou was born in the dense tropical rainforests of northern Congo in the early 1980's before being captured by hunters for eventual sale to a dealer in the Republic of Congo's capital city of Brazzaville. Fortunately, Kouillou was rescued and in 1987, when he was 2 or 3 years old, he was transferred to Howletts to join our breeding program for this critically endangered species. Despite his undoubtedly traumatic start to life, he has grown into a charming adult who is mellowing with age.
In our last update we reported Kouillou's eye problems. It was noted after we saw him feeling around for food with the back of his hand rather than looking with his eyes. Keepers noticed he has white dots in his eyes and they appear to have got a little larger. We are monitoring this closely and will decide how to deal with this if his eyesight continues to decline. Other than his sight, he is really starting to mellow as time goes by and is really quite relaxed. There may be some changes to his group soon as son Otty may be moving to Melbourne for breeding purposes - he has come to the age when he needs to move on. Daughters Kwimba (who is in a different group) and Mah Mah will also be moving on to benefit the international breeding programme - we will keep you up to date on these moves.
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