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Gorilla gets surgery after scuffle at US zoo

OMAHA - It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a scuffle Thursday night with another gorilla, [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Gorillas escape zoo habitat, visitors scramble

KANSAS CITY, MO (CNN/KSHB) – Visitors at the Kansas City zoo got more excitement than they bargained for Sunday when two gorillas escaped inside a building. The area was put on lockdown and families were forced to go to a safe spot [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Baby gorilla born at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

Don't break out the pink or blue cigars yet. The little gorilla baby born early Feb. 9 to Moka, the mom, and Mrithi, the dad, is definitely cute. But even though zookeepers at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium think the week-old prima [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Endangered baby gorilla born at Chicago Zoo

An endangered gorilla baby was born at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Zoo officials said Monday that the baby girl was born Thursday and will be introduced to the public on Tuesday. She is the first Western lowland gorilla born at the zoo since 20 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

North Carolina Zoo Announces Their Gorilla is Pregnant

Asheboro, NC - For the first time in 22 years and only the second in park history, the North Carolina Zoo is expecting a baby gorilla. The mother is Jamani, age 11, who was transferred to Asheboro from the San Diego (California) Zoo in [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Gorilla baby expected at N.C. Zoo

ASHEBORO The N.C. Zoological Park will soon have a new attraction that could increase attendance by as many as 100,000 visitors in the first year. "The zoo is expecting a baby gorilla," David Jones, the zoo's director, said [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Bristol Zoo brings gorilla sculptures to city's streets

The public art display around Bristol will also help to raise funds and awareness if the threats facing gorillas in the wild. The gorillas are to be sponsored by businesses and will be painted and decorated by local artists. Schools and [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Baby gorilla born overnight at zoo

Zoo Atlanta's 25-year-old western lowland gorilla gave birth in the early morning hours Sunday, according to zoo officials. It's the third baby gorilla born to Kuchi and Taz, a 20-year-old silverback. Kuchi and Taz are also paren [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Louisville Zoo's injured baby gorilla improving

A baby gorilla who was injured in a skirmish with older members of her family group at the Louisville Zoo is getting better as keepers care for her continuously outside the exhibit. The zoo's veterinary team says the nearly 3-mon [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Como Zoo investigates death of gorilla

Como Zoo officials in St. Paul are awaiting tests to try to determine how an apparently healthy male gorilla died suddenly. Gordy, 23, the most energetic and blusterous of three male gorillas at the St. Paul zoo, had shown no signs [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Werribee Zoo’s gorilla bachelor pad

THE State Government has announced a $1.5 million grant to build a gorilla exhibit at the Werribee Open Range Zoo. The new exhibit will be an island bachelor pad for three male gorillas, including silverback Motaba and his young sons [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

London zoo's man-eating gorillas

Female gorillas at London zoo have given new meaning to the term "man-eaters" after receiving a picture of their new mate. The girly gorillas were shown photos of their intended male suitor Yeboah, who is currently living in [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Report explains how gorilla got knife in Calgary zoo

The group that accredits zoos across Canada says it's satisfied with a report into how a gorilla at the Calgary Zoo grabbed hold of a knife in its enclosure. Bill Peters, national director of the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums, [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Newborn joy for Gana the gorilla after the heartbreak of a b...

With fierce pride Gana the gorilla gently cradles her tiny baby. Her powerful forearm presses the wrinkly, virtually hairless child to her chest. Her visible joy is in marked contrast to the grief she demonstrated last year on losing her ba [...]