Endangered 3-year-old gorilla dies as epidemic sweeps Florida zoo. ‘Fought very hard’
The critically endangered primate, 3-year-old Kevin, contracted shigella, a bacteria that causes the disease shigellosis, the Florida zoo said in a Sept. 10 news release. “He fought very hard against ...
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Endangered gorilla who ‘stole hearts’ dies as illness spreads in apes at Florida zoo
She was born in 1989 at Lincoln ... Bulera was a western lowland gorilla, a species native to the Congo Basin of Central Africa. The species is “critically endangered” as disease and poaching ...
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Critically endangered tiger gives birth, MN zoo says. See ‘beacon of hope’ for species
Screengrab from Como Park Zoo and Conservatory YouTube video Two critically endangered Amur tiger cubs were born at a Minnesota Zoo – the first tigers born there in 41 years, zoo officials said.