Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Wilder Westen

CINCINNATI – (September 23, 2014) Primate keepers and staff at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden are trading in their khaki uniforms for faux-fur vests for the next few months and will work as a team to hand raise a female baby gorilla, “Kamina” (pronounced Kuh-me-nuh), born August 16, 2014, at the Oklahoma City Zoo […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with less than 175,000

Baby Gorilla Receives Around-the-Clock Care CINCINNATI – (February 26, 2013) The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is turning humans into temporary gorilla moms.  Over the next several months, the Zoo will use human surrogates to mimic gorilla behavior with the ultimate goal to get a 4-week-old gorilla baby in the hands of a gorilla surrogate.   […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with less than 175,000

Happy World Gorilla Day! This year we are celebrating the 55th anniversary of Dian Fossey’s research and establishment of the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains. Fifty-five years ago, Fossey was one of the first to lead groundbreaking research and observations of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) that led to current conservation efforts and […]
Western Lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) are the species of gorilla at

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG) announced in August that it was ready to welcome silverback gorilla Ndume [nnn-doo-may] back to his original home in Cincinnati based on a recommendation from The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Gorilla Species Survival Plan® (GSSP). The 37-year-old gorilla was born in Cincinnati and moved to The […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 175,000

Cincinnati Zoo Celebrates with Gorilla Birthday Cake CINCINNATI – (January 29, 2014)  “Gladys,” the baby Western-Lowland gorilla who captured America’s heart last February, after keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo had to step in and hand-raise her, turns one today!  To celebrate, keepers created a gorilla birthday cake – and Gladys responded the way most one-year-olds […]
Aquariums (AZA) Ape Taxon Advisory Group (TAG) Maternal Management Committee and the Western

CINCINNATI  (June 7, 2016) – After being closed since the tragic death of 17-year-old silverback Harambe on May 28, 2016, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Gorilla World exhibit reopened to the public this morning. “This has been a difficult and emotional time for everyone at the Zoo, especially Harambe’s caretakers.  We’ve never been through […]
to fortifying the gorilla exhibit, the Zoo is redoubling its efforts to support wild

Zoo welcomes three male gorillas to Gorilla World  CINCINNATI, OH (July 24, 2023) – The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is excited to announce the addition of three new bachelor gorillas. Chipua (Chip), Pendeka (Pende) and Kongo arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo from the Detroit Zoo earlier this month. This move facilitates the Species Survival […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 175,000

Today on the 10th anniversary of Endangered Species Day, the Zoo joins the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) and hundreds of other AZA-accredited institutions to raise awareness of their efforts to save animals from extinction and launch AZA SAFE: Saving Animals From Extinction (SAFE). For decades, AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums have been leaders in […]
species survival, and are already working to restore more than 30 species to healthy wild

CINCINNATI (July 16, 2021) – The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden often celebrates milestone animal birthdays, but silverback gorilla Jomo’s big 3-0 is one that is especially significant.  Since being diagnosed with a degenerative, incurable spinal cord condition two years ago, Jomo has had mobility issues and some close calls.  Today, however, he is doing […]
Visitors can see Jomo and the other western lowland gorillas in Gorilla World daily

Since the mid-1930s gorillas have been a foundation species for the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG) beginning with the first resident “Susie”. Susie resided in the “Monkey House”. This registered historic landmark is the Reptile House today. Susie was billed as the world’s only trained gorilla and would sit at a tea table, use […]
During the 70s more awareness was had for the plight of wild gorillas, their need