Vila was the matriarch of five generations and a surrogate mother for several hand raised western
lowland gorillas during her lifetime.
Even if all of the threats to western
lowland gorillas were removed, scientists calculate that the population would require some 75 years to recover," said the (https://www.
Western
lowland gorillas are considered to be a critically endangered species.
Ms Redrobe will be returning to Ape Action Africa on her trip, a forest sanctuary which is home to rescued and orphaned western
lowland gorillas, chimpanzees and monkeys.
Not to be confused with Western
Lowland Gorillas, which are thriving in significant numbers in neighboring Congo (a recent census counted 125,000), today fewer than 5,000 Eastern
Lowland Gorillas are estimated to remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly known as Zaire.
2) A western
lowland gorilla relaxes in the sun in the Los Angeles Zoo's new Campo Gorilla Reserve on Monday.
Except that the female is Beta, a western
lowland gorilla at the Brookfield Zoo, near Chicago.
has reported that in the past five years, the eastern
lowland gorilla population in the Congo has declined 90 percent.
The western
lowland gorilla was discovered to be dead in her habitat at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Koko is a 300lb western
lowland gorilla who has been cared for by Penny Patterson for nearly half a century.
At least, that's how a western
lowland gorilla has won a bit of attention this week.
IN response to the recent killing of a western
lowland gorilla by staff at Cincinnati Zoo, America.
