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Animals News tagged with Gorillas

In Wake of Gorilla Murders, Isolated Group Offers Hope
Animals  (tags: gorillas, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 57 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
For the world's last remaining mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), there is little room to move. Numbering only about 700, these great apes are split into two populations and confined to two separate areas, both located in one of the most
Koko the Gorilla's 37th Birthday and Her Wishlist!
Animals  (tags: Gorillas, Koko, animaladvocates, animalrights, endangered, ethics, birthday )

MarisaINA
- 62 days ago - koko.org
4th of July - we are celebrating Koko's 37th birthday, a joyous occasion, with presents, wonderful activities and great food. That's why I am personally reaching out today to urge you to make a unique birthday gift to Koko ...
Gorilla Kingdom's New Ice Queen! Video!!
Animals  (tags: gorillas, zoos, stimulation, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 65 days ago - zsl.org
ZSL's newest gorilla Mjukuu is enjoying her first summer at ZSL London Zoo - thanks to special fruit ice blocks, designed to stimulate her natural behaviour and curiosity.
Help Save the Mountain Gorillas!
Animals  (tags: gorillas )

Julie
- 66 days ago - awf.org
<p>Image Description: In a 40-50 year lifetime, a female mountain gorilla might have only 2-6 surviving offspring. This slow reproduction makes this species even more threatened. </p>
Face to Face With Gentle Giants: Mountain Gorilla
Animals  (tags: gorillas )

Julie
- 69 days ago - ngcblog.nationalgeographic.com
the overgrown fields ended abruptly in a shock of thick forest, and here we are. And there they are. An entire family of mountain gorillas. Just hanging out, in the trees, and in the brush beneath them.
NATIONAL GEO:(VIDEO) "Who Murdered the Virunga Gorillas?" WAYS TO HELP
Animals  (tags: GORILLAS, slaughter, killing, sadness, suffering, wildlife, cruelty, death, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, humans )

Brenda
- 77 days ago - ngm.nationalgeographic.com
All told, seven Virunga mountain gorillas had been killed in less than two months. Brent Stirton's photographs of the dead creatures being carried like royalty by weeping villagers ran in newspapers and magazines around the world. The murders of these int
Great Ape Conservation in Congo Gets a Boost
Animals  (tags: contributions, protection, animals, apes, gorillas, chimpanzees, Congo, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 95 days ago - nation.ittefaq.com
The Spanish government has contributed USD 368,000 to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) led initiative to help protect gorillas, chimpanzees and their habitats in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Gorilla Ice
Animals  (tags: gorillas, zoos, ice, keeping cool, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 117 days ago - zsl.org
With temperatures in the mid 20s, many of us choose to sit on the grass with a nice fruit ice lolly. And even gorillas like this great way to cool down too! Gorilla keeper Daniel Simmonds said: 'In this really hot weather we are giving the gorillas huge
Gorilla Conservation
Animals  (tags: gorillas, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, conservation, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 117 days ago - zsl.org
Western lowland gorillas have been classified as endangered for over 10 years and their falling populations are being decimated further by habitat loss, disease and poaching. There are estimated to be just 100,000 gorillas left clinging to existence in
Jenny, Oldest Gorilla in Captivity, Turns 55
Animals  (tags: endangered, zoo, zoo animals, gorillas )

Cat
- 117 days ago - azcentral.com
A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday Thursday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruitcake and treats wrapped in banana leaf.
Gorilla Bachelor Gets Female Companionship
Animals  (tags: gorillas, zoos, companions, breeding program, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 118 days ago - commercialappeal.com
If one must travel roughly 1,800 miles to live with a strange man, it might be a comfort to make such a trip with one's mother. On Friday, Kebara, an 11-year-old female gorilla and Penny, her 19-year-old mom, were shipped by FedEx from the San Diego Zoo
Oldest Gorilla in Captivity Turns 55 at Dallas Zoo
Animals  (tags: gorillas, zoos, captivity, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 119 days ago - 940news.com
A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity has celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.
Help Keep Gorillas From Going Extinct in the Wild!! Sign Petition!
Animals  (tags: gorillas, animals, AnimalWelfare, endangered, environment, extinction, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 120 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Gorillas are an amazing mammal for one. But they are also going extinct in the wild from humans going into Africa and hunting and logging which ended up killing the Gorillas. We as humans started it, we need to fix it. Please help save the Gorillas!!
In Congo, Endangered Gorilla Population Cut in Half By Rebels, Says WCS
Animals  (tags: gorillas, Congo, endangered, extinction, environment, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 122 days ago - wcs.org
Conducting wildlife surveys last June in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, a World Heritage Site, biologists from WCS and the Congolese Research Center for Natural Sciences found just 130 endangered eastern lowland gorillas (i.e. Grauer's gorillas) in their
Check Up for Gorillas
Animals  (tags: gorillas, health evaluations, Africa, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 128 days ago - wcs.org
Odzala is teaming with wildlife, and one of its remarkable qualities is the high density of western lowland gorillas. Current estimates suggest that there may be as many gorillas in this park as previously thought to exist in all of Central Africa.
 

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