Long wait ends as Mysuru zoo gets two male gorillas from Germany
The Hindu
It also gets two pairs of orangutans from Singapore and Malaysia in exchange for giraffes
The Mysuru zoo’s long wait for displaying gorillas after the death of Polo, the Western Lowland gorilla that died in 2014, has at last ended with the zoo getting two male gorillas from Germany.
The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA)-Gorilla European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) agreed to spare the gorillas after the zoo’s persistent and long-drawn correspondence with it.
The 14-year-old Thabo and 8-year-old Demba arrived here on August 19 from Germany and are currently in quarantine.
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