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Several gorillas at Zoo Atlanta in the southern US state of Georgia have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, the zoo said. The western lowland gorillas were tested after keepers saw them coughing and other symptoms, it said. Initial tests indicated they were positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 and the zoo said in a statement Friday it was awaiting the results of confirmatory tests from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An elderly gorilla was recovering from a serious case of Covid-19 after he was treated with cutting-edge synthetic antibodies, the San Diego Zoo said Monday. Veterinarians are now identifying which animals to inject with the zoo’s limited supply of vaccines. Winston, 48, was one of several gorillas among the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s troop who were confirmed positive for the virus on January 11, based on fecal samples. It […]
OHIO, United States (Reuters) — The first gorilla born in captivity, who went on to become the oldest known member of her species, has died at the age of 60, officials at the Columbus, Ohio, zoo that served as her home said on Tuesday (January 17, 2017). Colo, a Western lowland gorilla, was found dead on Tuesday morning in her enclosure, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said in a statement. She had been born at […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN HONOLULU, United States (AFP) — The world’s largest gorillas have been pushed to the brink of extinction by a surge of illegal hunting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and are now critically endangered, officials said Sunday. With just 5,000 Eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei) left on Earth, the majestic species now faces the risk of disappearing completely, officials said at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s global conference in Honolulu. Four […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico City’s zoo was in shock Thursday after its beloved male gorilla died as veterinarians prepared to transport him to another city to mate with two females. Bantu, who was 24, died of cardiorespiratory arrest late Wednesday after he was sedated and efforts to reanimate him failed, the city’s environment department said in a statement, citing a preliminary autopsy. The 224-kilo (493-pound) western lowland gorilla, who would have turned 25 […]
OHIO, United States (Reuters) — A child was rescued from the grip of a gorilla after falling into the animal’s enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo Saturday (May 28). “Thank goodness he was not badly hurt going in, because he was walking in there and splashing around,” said zoo director Thane Maynard. “But Harambe, our 17 year old Gorilla, male, who was a great big animal, 400 pounds, went down and got him and carried him […]
JUNE 30 (Eagle News) — In the lighter side of the news, a handsome gorilla became a popular attraction for female tourists, with visitors calling the said gorilla a “good-looking man”. (Nagoya, Japan) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
