Very sad to hear. Lots of bad luck for them over the past few years.
Her first, good news!
Indeed it is. I'm still inclined to think an older, more experienced silverback is a better choice, but as 'persimon' has pointed out, "I guess...
Thanks for sharing! I have updated my family tree accordingly.
Moscow "The girl was born on 22 July. She, along with her mother Kira, lives in a group with other gorillas. Kira is already an experienced...
Great! Would you please post the link here as well?
Once again, a questionable decision by the EEP. He is quite young – not even 10 years old. Best of luck to him anyway! He'll be living with 3...
Great news! The father is Kipenzi though, not Kidogo.
I can confirm Shomari and Dayo.
To Dublin as well. Two weeks ago keepers from Dublin were already in Stuttgart to get to know them. (Info courtesy of H. Vollmer.)
Howletts / Antwerp Surprising news: According to "Gorillafan Cindy" on Facebook, MATADI (ex-Paignton, ex-Howletts) has arrived at the Antwerp Zoo...
Indeed! (Just got confirmation that Inge's baby is a male, too. He was named Kiwano.)
Beauval The mothers are, in chronological order, Sheila, Kabinda and Inge. Apparently also the third baby is a male. I hope the EEP will not...
Gernot Apparently he was named after a donor's partner. Some nice photos here too.
Gernot While Dublin renamed Horst to Harry, and Claudia to Kafi, London now comes up with a truly teutonic name. ;) Anyway, it's quite a...
KWIMBA Thanks to all for your feedback!
KWIMBA Does anyone know where KWIMBA lives now? She was born at Howletts in 1997. The official 2014 studbook says Howletts, and so does Gorillas...
Thank you! - All I know about it is from the internet. In the description of the chart I link to the articles I've cited from. From afar, it's...
Tierpark Berlin A member asked me about the gorillas who lived at Tierpark Berlin (not to be confused with Zoo Berlin) so I made a chart.
La Palmyre, France The zoo has published two videos of the introduction and integration of newly arrived female Maisha. This is great stuff for...
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