Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla
She is the 50 th gorilla baby born here.
Cincinnati zoo gorilla. He will be joined eventually by females chewie and mara. In this case the zoo had to decide whether to tranquilize 17 year old harambe a. On may 28 2016 a three year old boy visiting the cincinnati zoo fell into the moat at the gorilla world habitat. The cincinnati zoo has a long and storied history with western lowland gorillas dating as far back as the 1930s when the zoo received its first gorilla named susie.
Animal activists have created online petitions and. Elle is the youngest gorilla here at the cincinnati zoo. Cincinnati ap an expanded gorilla world exhibit at the cincinnati zoo is scheduled to open in early june shortly after the one year anniversary of the shooting death of an endangered gorilla. Elle is a guest favorite and a lot of fun to observe as she is always playing and interacting with enrichment.
All accredited zoos such as cincinnatis have protocols in place for when an animal threatens staff or visitors. Cincinnati the killing of a gorilla at the cincinnati zoo in order to save a child who fell in its enclosure has sparked nationwide outrage.