I was wondering if anyone could provide some info on the big bonobo group at Milwaukee. The individuals and information on them? Thanks
Bonobos at the Milwaukee Country Zoo 1,0 Lody * ~1973, Zaire (Wild) Wassenaar 01.05.1976, Milwaukee 03.12.1986 1,0 Viaje * ~1980, Zaire (Wild) Zoofari ~1981, Morelia ~1984, Zoofari 07.06.1984, St. Louis 06.09.2001, Milwaukee 28.11.2001 1,0 Lomako * 25.06.1984, Wassenaar (Belgium), Lody x Maringa Wassenaar 25.06.1984, Milwaukee 03.12.1986 1,0 Brian * 08.01.1989, Yerkes (Georgia), Bosondjo x Lorel Yerkes 08.01.1989, Milwaukee 08.07.1997 1,0 Murph * 15.04.1990, Yerkes (Georgia), Bosondjo x Laura Yerkes 15.04.1990, Milwaukee 16.12.1993 1,0 Makanza * 11.08.1994, Yerkes (Georgia), Kidogo x Zalia Yerkes 11.08.1994, Milwaukee 02.11.1995 1,0 Zuri * 10.06.1998, San Diego Zoo, Congo x Lolita San Diego Zoo 10.06.1998, Milwaukee 05.04.2000 0,1 Kitty * ~1951, Zaire (Wild) Antwerp 15.12.1954, Rotterdam 07.05.1982, Wassenaar 04.04.1984, Milwaukee 03.12.1986, Yerkes 17.08.1988, Milwaukee 30.08.1995 0,1 Linda * ~1956, Zaire (Wild) Antwerp 08.01.1958, San Diego Zoo 01.08.1962, Yerkes 02.02.1982, Milwaukee 30.08.1995 0,1 Laura * 27.08.1967, San Diego Zoo, Kakowet x Linda San Diego Zoo 27.08.1967, Atlanta 20.04.1978, Yerkes 29.05.1979, Milwaukee 16.12.1993 0,1 Maringa * ~1971, Zaire (Wild) Wassenaar 25.04.1979, Milwaukee 03.12.1986 0,1 Tamia * 05.07.1996, Columbus, Jimmy x Lady Columbus 05.07.1996, Milwaukee 15.12.2004 0,1 Zanga Mokila * 09.01.1999, Milwaukee, Lody x Laura 0,1 Zomi II * 17.07.1999, Milwaukee, Lody x Maringa 0,1 Claudine * 23.08.2002, Milwaukee, Lody x Maringa 0,1 Dierdre * 04.03.2003, Milwaukee, Lody x Kosana 0,1 Faith * 19.02.2005, Milwaukee, Viaje x Maringa 0,1 Hanna * 15.12.2007, Milwaukee, Lody x Tamia
Is Kitty the oldest bonobo in captivity, is she the one that is almost blind and suffering from dementia?
Kitty is the oldest bonobo living in a North American Zoo, maybe the oldest one living in captivity. Unfortunately I do not know about her state of health. The Zoological Garden of Frankfurt is home of "Margrit", born in 1951/1952. "Margrit" is in the best of health. She is definitely the oldest bonobo in Europe and she gave birth to the first bonobo, born in captivity, "Pan", in 1962. "Pan" passed away after 2 months of handbreeding, but her second son, "Mato", born in 1963 and reared by his mother, is still alive in Wuppertal.
Great thanks for the info. Yeah i think Kitty is the blind one with dementia. Have some left bonobos left recently because last i heard they had 22!
Wow. I had no idea 'Kitty' was still alive. She and another female(I think called Lani) lived in the old Antwerp 1960's Ape House along with Eastern Gorillas, Western Gorillas and Orangutans. They were possibly the survivors of a larger import. For a long time there was no male though I think they later obtained a young one (Desmond?) which may have died since. Another famous Bonobo in this (Milwaukee) group is 'Linda', also originally from Antwerp, who used to be the breeding female at San Diego where with male 'Kakowet' she had a large number of offspring in fast succession, because they were all handraised. 'Laura' is one of these.
@Pertinax Antwerp has brought more than 30 bonobos to the Zoo over aperiod of 20 years. Only "Kitty", "Linda", "Lannie" (died in 1987), "Desmond" (died in 2000), "Dzeeta" (died in 2002), "Hortense" and "Hermien" survived longer than one year. The first breeding succeeded in 1981. I think the Antwerp Great Ape House was not very appropriated to the keeping of bonobos. Frankfurt was forced to send its male "Camillo", father of the worlds first, to Antwerp in 1975. "Camillo" died after a stay of 6 months. Also San Diego had to sent their first offspring, "Linette", to Antwerp in 1970. She died in 1972. Frankfurt had to pay a heavy price initiated by the abnormal ambition of the Antwerp Zoo. The loss of "Camillo" caused ten years of inbreeding in Frankfurt between "Mato", "Margrit", "Salonga" and "Daniela".
@Upali 1,2 bonobos ("Ana Neema" and her children "Bila Isis" and "Gilda") left Milwaukee on August 10th, 2008 to breed at the Columbus Zoo. The reason for the spipping was inbreeding between "Ana Neema" and the Milwaukee male "Makanza", who is a half brother of "Ana Neema" and father of "Bila Isia" and "Gilda".
Oh thanks. i thought they had another breeding female. Antwerp seem to have done bad things for bonobos Are they breeding them at the moment? Theres alot of inbreeding problems with the population so i hope they can sort all those out.
@Upali Antwerpen does not keep or breed bonobos, Planckendael does with success.... Apenheul adumbrated, that EEP and SSP are making plans to reorganize the bonobo population by exchanging bonobos between Europe and North America. You are absolutely right, inbreeding is a big problem in Europe and North America too. An exchange could contribute to solve this problem step by step.
Oh sorry i thought they still kept some! Good to know that they are both planning to reorganize, and it would be great to see some transfers between Europe and North America. Do you think any of the males or young females from Milwaukee will be off to places? They seem to have a few adult males not breeding, even if they are in their family groups, its not really good for breeding.
@Upali "Brian", "Murph", "Zanga Mokila", "Zomi II" and "Tamia" are getting temporary contraception. The SSP is planing to send a young female bonobo ("Zanga Mokila" or "Zomi II"??) from Milwaukee to Cincinnati to breed with "Vernon" and "Vergil". In return to "Ana Neema" and her children two females from Columbus are going to replenish the Milwaukee group in a few months...
Ana Neema has been at Columbus since 8/12. In fact, yesterday she was on exhibit outdoors with one of our males.
Oh ok. It would be good for Cincinnati to get another female. But i don't understand why Milwaukee need replace with 2 females as they have a large group already. Surely it would be better for them to start another group with new males somewhere.
Milwaukee has a large group of 7,11 but only 3 females that are able and allowed to breed. You have to consider, that "Laura" is already 41 years old, "Maringa" is 37 years old. Both are going to achieve menopause shortly. "Tamia" is the only young pubescent female. The adolescent females, "Zomi II", "Zanga", "Claudine", "Faith" and "Hanna" have to leave Milwaukee better sooner than later to avoid inbreeding, because "Lody" is their father and the dominant male of the group. The preplacement with 2 young females (0,1 *1982, 0,1 *2002) will sustain Milwaukee Zoo as a bonobo breeder at regular intervals.
Oh yes forgot that. About what age do bonobos have their menopause? I still think some of the males there are wasted, breeding wise. How do you know all this btw?? you seem to know a heck of alot!!
Bonobos females have their menopause at an age of 40-45. The oldest breeding female bonobo in a Zoo is "Natalie" in Frankfurt. She was born in 1964 and gave birth to a wonderful little boy in 2007, "Nyota"....
Still breeding at 43!! has she had alot of young. So Laura and Maringa could both have more young... Which females are coming from Columbus, Jo-T and her mother? How come they are sending mother with daughter, wild females usually leave their mother and group don't they.
But captive females have very strong maternal bonds. And of all Columbus' bonobos Lady and Jo-T are the last two I'd separate. When Jo-T was little and they took her for a medical exam Lady would pace back and forth until Jo-T came back.
1. I knew Antwerp had imported a number of Bonobos, but not that it was such a high number. 2. Antwerp's 1960's Ape House was pretty unsuitable for all the Apes, I think. The pair of Lowland Gorillas 'Gust' & 'kora' never even went outside for very many years.... 3. Why was Frankfurt forced to send 'Camillo' to Antwerp, or was it more that they were persuaded to loan him as Antwerp had no male?
