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The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG) announced in August that it was ready to welcome silverback gorilla Ndume [nnn-doo-may] back to his original home in Cincinnati based on a recommendation from The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Gorilla Species Survival Plan® (GSSP). The 37-year-old gorilla was born in Cincinnati and moved to The […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 175,000

CINCINNATI  (June 7, 2016) – After being closed since the tragic death of 17-year-old silverback Harambe on May 28, 2016, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Gorilla World exhibit reopened to the public this morning. “This has been a difficult and emotional time for everyone at the Zoo, especially Harambe’s caretakers.  We’ve never been through […]
to fortifying the gorilla exhibit, the Zoo is redoubling its efforts to support wild

Zoo welcomes three male gorillas to Gorilla World  CINCINNATI, OH (July 24, 2023) – The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is excited to announce the addition of three new bachelor gorillas. Chipua (Chip), Pendeka (Pende) and Kongo arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo from the Detroit Zoo earlier this month. This move facilitates the Species Survival […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 175,000

Past recipients: 1993 – Dame Jane Goodall 2006 – David Western 2018 – Amy Dickman

Today on the 10th anniversary of Endangered Species Day, the Zoo joins the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) and hundreds of other AZA-accredited institutions to raise awareness of their efforts to save animals from extinction and launch AZA SAFE: Saving Animals From Extinction (SAFE). For decades, AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums have been leaders in […]
species survival, and are already working to restore more than 30 species to healthy wild

CINCINNATI (July 16, 2021) – The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden often celebrates milestone animal birthdays, but silverback gorilla Jomo’s big 3-0 is one that is especially significant.  Since being diagnosed with a degenerative, incurable spinal cord condition two years ago, Jomo has had mobility issues and some close calls.  Today, however, he is doing […]
Visitors can see Jomo and the other western lowland gorillas in Gorilla World daily

CINCINNATI (May 29, 2016) –The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden family is in mourning today and trying to process the death of 17-year-old gorilla Harambe. The gorilla was killed yesterday in order to save the life of a child who climbed through a public barrier at Gorilla World and dropped fifteen feet into the exhibit’s […]
The Zoo is home to ten western lowland gorillas.

Since the mid-1930s gorillas have been a foundation species for the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG) beginning with the first resident “Susie”. Susie resided in the “Monkey House”. This registered historic landmark is the Reptile House today. Susie was billed as the world’s only trained gorilla and would sit at a tea table, use […]
During the 70s more awareness was had for the plight of wild gorillas, their need

Conservation, Lion Conservation, Saving Species, Posted September 23, 2021 by Guy Western

Written by Chelsea Wellmer, AmeriCorps Visitor Engagement Member The birth of a female Andean condor chick named Calar marks the end of a 30-year dry spell at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Parents Gryph and Laurel, the newest breeding pair, have laid an egg each year since 2008 when they came to the Zoo, […]
coastal, and desert areas, Andean condors are the largest flying land birds in the Western