Here's a full list of all the gorillas that have lived at the zoo. After about 10 months I have finally come around to doing this. "*" stands for deceased. The births mean M.F.Stillborn/other http://www.zoochat.com/22/gorilla-family-history-cincinnati-zoo-257891/ Gorillas at the Zoo Name: Colo Gender: Female Date of birth: December 22, 1956 Place of birth: Columbus Location: Columbus Total Births: 1.2 Successful Births: 0.1 Fact: First gorilla born in captivity Father: Baron* Mother: Millie* Siblings: 0 Offspring: Emmy*, Oscar*, Toni Photo: http://contribute.columbuszoo.org/a...page_headers/main zoo/_0000s_0025_gorilla.jpg Name: Pongi Gender: Female Date of birth: January 1963 Place of birth: Wild Total Births: 3.2.1 Successful births: 1.1 Siblings: UNK Offspring: Mwelu, Colbridge*, Stillborn*, Casode, Stilbirth*, Aborted* Aborted* Photo: http://www.daveliggett.com/ImagesAnimalsCaptive/AnimalsPrimatesGorillasPongi200502270429.jpg Name: Toni Gender: Female Date of birth: December 28, 1971 Place of birth: Columbus Total Births: 4.3.0 Successful Births: 1.1.0 Father: Bongo* Mother: Colo Siblings: Emmy*, Oscar*, Fossey ½ Offspring: Cora*, Kahn*, Zura, Jungle Jack*, Norman*, Jumoke*, Kambiri Photo: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldenestate/7403812860/in/photostream/"]Thanks Toni | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame] Name: Kinyani Gender: Female Date of birth: March 16, 1983 Place of birth: Yerkes Primate Center Father: Calabar* Mother: Kishina Siblings: Fanya½ *, Akbar½ *, Pojo½ *, Unnamed ½ *, Unnamed ½ *, Bolinga½ Offspring: None Photo: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62588792@N02/7259952860/"]Kinyani, Columbus Zoo | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame] Name: Macombo II (Mac) Gender: Male Date of birth: October 16, 1983 Place of birth: Columbus Fact: The Hemisphere's first set of gorilla twins to survive. Father: Oscar* Mother: Bridgette* Siblings: Miss Vicky ½*, Tamoo ½*, Tara ½*, Murphy ½*, Cora ½*, Kahn ½*, Roscoe ½*, O. J. ½, Zura ½, Lang ½*, Mosuba (twin), Motuba, Mwelu ½, Fossey ½, Colbridge ½*, Aborted ½*, Aborted ½*, Aborted ½*, Stillbirth ½*, Casode ½ Offspring: None Photo: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kollig/3468291442/in/photostream/"]Columbus Zoo - Macombo - Western Lowland Silverback Gorilla | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame] Name: Anakka Gender: Male Date of birth: June 1, 1985 Place of birth: Philadelphia Total Births: 2.4.1 Successful Births: 1.2 Father: John* Mother: Snickers* Siblings: Unnamed ½ *, Jessica ½, Justin*, Chaka ½, Kola ½ *, Uhuru*, Tofuni ½ *, Maadazi*, Aborted ½ * Offspring: Jontu, Kambera Dupe, Muchana*, Stillbirth*, Stillbirth*, Aborted*, Nadami, Aborted* Photo: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62588792@N02/7180190722/"]Anakka, Columbus Zoo | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame] Name: Oliver Gender: Male Date of birth: October 7, 1988 Place of birth: Bronx Zoo Fact: Oliver is deaf. Father: Barney* Mother: Tunuka* Siblings: N'Yumba ½*, Upweke ½*, Tube ½*, Tabitha ½*, Augustus ½, Catherine ½, Tunko ½, Koga ½, Paki ½, Tusa ½, Patrick ½, Unnamed ½*, Unnamed ½*, Husani ½, Asha ½, Stillbirth ½*, Jasiri ½*, Zuri ½, Kumi ½, Unnamed ½ * Offspring: Expected May 2013. Photo: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62588792@N02/7165299415/"]Oliver, Columbus Zoo | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame] Name: Kebi Moyo Gender: Female Date of birth: Janaury 13, 1991 Place of birth: Columbus Total Births: 0.1.0 Father: Sunshine* Mother: Lulu* Siblings: Pattycake ½, Kidugu ½*, Jungle Jack ½*, Lusi*, Binti Jau, Norman ½*, Jumoke ½*, Kambiri ½, Unnamed ½ *, Aborted ½ * Offspring: Kambera Dupe Name: Tabibu Gender: Female: Date of birth: April 30, 1992 Place of birth: Lincoln Park Zoo Total Births: 1.0.0 Succesful Births: 0 Father: Gino Mother: Hope Siblings: Mosi ½*, Unnamed ½*, Bahati ½, Matumaini, Hasani ½, Rollie ½, Jelani ½, Mumbali ½*, Jabari, Makena½, Lilly ½ Offspring: Unnamed* Photo: http://www.10tv.com/content/graphics/2012/03/23/image-columbus-zoo-gorilla.jpg Name: Casode (Cassie) Gender: Female Date of birth: August 15, 1993 Place of birth: Columbus Total Births: 0.2.0 Successful Births: 0.1.0 Father: Oscar* Mother: Pongi Siblings: Cora ½*, Kahn ½*, Roscoe ½*, O.J. ½, Zura ½, Lang ½*, Mosuba½, Mac ½, Motuba ½, Mwelu, Colbridge*, Stillbirth*, Stillbirth ½ *, Aborted ½ * Offspring: Nadami, Aborted* Photo: http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0133f5681ee3970b-pi Name: Nia Gender: Female Date of birth: December 21, 1933 Place of birth: Oklahoma City Zoo Total Births: 0.2.0 Successful Births: 0.1.0 Father: Tatu Mother: Fredrika Siblings: Ben*, Jonesie*, Unnamed*, Asha ½*, Kitani ½, Acacia, Moka ½, Unnamed ½*, Jumoke ½, Jabir ½, Amiri ½, Ayana ½, Mo'Ana ½, Alice ½, Mikella ½ Offspring: Aborted*, Dotty Photo: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62588792@N02/7180191268/"]Nia, Columbus Zoo | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame] Name: Kambera Dupe Date of birth: Febuary 19, 1999 Place of birth: Columbus Fact: First gorilla born from a Cesarean section. Father: Anakka Mother: Kebi Moyo Siblings: Jontu ½, Muchana ½*, Stillbirth ½*, Stillbirth ½*, Aborted ½* , Nadami ½, Aborted ½* Offspring: None Name: Mo'Ana Gender: Female Date of birth: October 20, 2001 Place of birth: Oklahoma City Zoo Father: Tatu Mother: Kali* Siblings: Ben*, Jonesie*, Unnamed*, Asha ½*, Kitani ½, Acacia, Moka ½, Unnamed ½*, Jumoke ½, Jabir ½, Amiri ½, Ayana ½, Mo'Ana ½, Mikella ½, Unnamed ½*, Nia ½, Unnamed ½ * Offspring: None Photo: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62588792@N02/7180191428/in/set-72157629785319185"]Moana, Columbus Zoo | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame] Name: Dotty Gender: Female Date of birth: April 17, 2004 Place of birth: Columbus Father: N'Kosi Mother: Nia Raised by: Pongi Siblings: Aborted*, Stillbirth ½*, Bomassa ½ Offspring: None Name: Nadami Gander: Female Date of birth: September 29, 2010 Place of birth: Columbus Father: Anakka Mother: Casode Siblings: Jontu ½, Kambera Dupe ½, Muchana ½*, Stillbirth ½*, Stillbirth ½*, Aborted ½*, Aborted* Offspring: None Photo: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62588792@N02/7185874594/"]Nadami, Columbus Zoo | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame] Gorillas No Longer at the Zoo/Deceased Name: Baron (Macombo I) Gender: Male Date of birth: January 1946 Place of birth: Wild Date of death: June 19, 1984 Place of death: Columbus Zoo Cause of death: Heart failure Total Births: 0.1.0 Offspring: Colo Name: Umande Gender: Male Date of birth: Febuary 18, 2006 Place of birth: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Location: Lincoln Park Zoo Father: Rafiki Mother: Kwisha Siblings: Tumani ½, Dembe ½ Offspring: None Photo: http://www.lpzoo.org/sites/default/files/images/multimedia/umande330.jpg Name: Millie (Christina) Gender: Female Date of birth: January 1949 Place of birth: Wild Date of death: May 14, 1976 Place of death: Columbus Zoo Cause of death: Renal cortical necrosis; cancer Total Births: 0.1.0 Offspring: Colo Name: Bongo Gender: Male Date of birth: 01-Jan-1957 Place of birth: Wild Date of death: September 28, 1990 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Acute exacerbation of heart disease; severe pulmonary congestion and edema. Total Births: 2.2.0 Successful Births: 1.1.0 Offspring: Emmy*, Oscar*, Toni, Fossey Name: Sylvia Gender: Female Date of birth: 1963 Place of birth: Wild Date of death: August 2, 2004 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Cancer Offspring: None Name: Lulu Gender: Female Date of birth: 1964 Place of birth: Wild Date of death: January 24, 2011 Place of death: Columbus Zoo Cause of death: Heart attack Total Births: 1.4.0 Successful Births: 0.3.0 Offspring: Pattycake, Kidugu*, Lusi*, Binto Jua, Kebi Moyo Photo: http://www.dispatch.com/content/graphics/2011/01/25/lulu.jpg Name: Emmy Gender: Female Date of birth: February 1, 1968 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: June 7, 1982 Place of death: Cleveland Zoo Cause of death: Peritonitis Father: Bongo* Mother: Colo Siblings: Oscar*, Toni, Fossey½ Offspring: None Name: Oscar Gender: Male Date of birth: July 18, 1969 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: June 29, 1993 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Heart failure Total Births: 10.3.0 Successful Births: 5.2.0 Father: Bongo* Mother: Colo Siblings: Emmy*, Toni, Fossey ½ Offspring: Cora*, Kahn*, Roscoe*, O.J., Zura, Lang*, Mosuba, Macombo II, Motuba, Mwelu, Colbridge*, Stillbirth*, Casode Name: Mumbah Gender: Male Date of birth: 1965 Place of birth: Wild Date of death: May 18, 2012 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Heart Failure Total Births: 1.1.0 Successful Births: 0.1.0 Offspring: Shumbo*, Shumba Photo: http://www2.nbc4i.com/mgmedia/image/294/0/78605/mumbah-zoo-gorilla/ Name: Cora Gender: Female Date of birth: April 25, 1979 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: June 4, 2003 Place of death: Detroit Zoo Cause of death: Bacterial infection of lungs and brain causing a stroke Father: Oscar* Mother: Toni Siblings: Kahn*, Roscoe ½*, O.J. ½, Zura, Lang ½*, Mosuba ½, Macombo II ½, Motuba ½, Mwelu ½, Jungle Jack ½*, Colbridge ½*, Norman ½*, Jumoke ½*, N'Kosi ½, Stillbirth ½ *, Casode ½ Offspring: None Name: Kahn Gender: Male Date of birth: July 26, 1980 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: August 12, 1980 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Salmonellae Father: Oscar* Mother: Toni Siblings: Cora*, Roscoe ½*, O.J. ½, Zura, Lang ½*, Mosuba ½, Macombo II ½, Motuba ½, Mwelu ½, Jungle Jack ½*, Colbridge ½ *, Norman ½*, Jumoke ½*, N'Kosi ½, Stillbirth ½ *, Casode ½ Offspring: None Name: Roscoe Gender: Male Date of birth: July 31, 1980 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: July 29, 1981 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Complications resulting from low birth weight and salmonella infection. Father: Oscar Mother: Jonesie II* Siblings: Cora ½*, Kahn ½ *, O.J., Zura ½, Lang*, Mosuba ½, Macombo II ½, Motuba ½, Mwelu ½, Colbridge ½*, Stillbirth ½ *, Casode ½ Offspring: None Name: Lang Gender: Male Date of birth: December 31, 1982 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: January 6, 1983 Place of death: Colmbus Cause of death: Starvation; emaciation; pneumonia Father: Oscar* Mother: Jonesie II* Siblings: Cora ½*, Kahn ½ *, O.J., Roscoe *, Zura ½, Lang*, Mosuba ½, Macombo II ½, Motuba ½, Mwelu ½, Colbridge ½*, Stillbirth ½ *, Casode ½ Offspring: None Name: Norman Gender: Male Date of birth: June 23, 1988 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: July 3, 1988 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Starvation Father: Sunshine Mother: Toni Siblings: 11 total/2 alive Offspring: None Name: Colbridge Gender: Male Date of birth: October 8, 1987 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: May 1, 1994 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Multiple organ failure Father: Oscar* Mother: Pongi Siblings: 14 total/7 alive Offspring: None Name: Jumoke Gender: Female Date of birth: November 10, 1989 Place of birth: Columbus Date of death: August 18, 2008 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Septic condition from dead fetus Total Births: 2.0.0 Successful Births: 1.0.0 Father: Sunshine* Mother: Toni Siblings: 11 total/4 alive Offspring: Jontu, Muchana*, Stillbirth* Name: Misha Gender: Female Date of birth: Febuary 6, 2010 Place of birth: Louisville Zoo Date of death: March 17, 2011 Place of death: Columbus Cause of death: Intestinal infection Father: Mshindi Mother: Mia Moja Siblings: Olympia ½ Offspring: None Photo: http://www.dispatch.com/content/graphics/2011/03/18/misha-dies-art-gulc0r28-1misha-dies-2-jpg.jpg Aborted Birth & death: July 1, 1981 Fact: May be an abortion of twins Father: Oscar* Mother: Bridgette* Aborted Birth & death: December 1, 1981 Fact: May be an abortion of twins Father: Oscar* Mother: Bridgette* Stillbirth Birth & death: March 24, 1992 Cause of death: Premature stillbirth Father: Oscar* Mother: Pongi Stillbirth Birth & death: June 7, 1988 Cause of death: Viral Infection Father: Anakka Mother: Pongi Aborted Birth & death: April 23, 2003 Father: N'Kosi Mother: Nia Stillbirth Birth & death: August 18, 2008 Cause of death: Unborn fetus Father: Anakka Mother: Jumoke* Aborted Birth & death: December 11, 2000 Father: Anakka Mother: Pongi Aborted Birth & death: May 10, 2001 Father: Anakka Mother: Casode
spontaneous or induced abortion? And are abortion and euthanasia currently practiced in American zoos?
