New Arrival at Louisville Zoo
First gorilla baby born in North America this year
Monday, February 8, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville Zoo’s 20-year-old western lowland gorilla Mia Moja gave birth to her second baby on Saturday, February 6. It's the first gorilla baby born in North America this year and the second gorilla ever born in the Zoo’s 41-year history.
Since the baby is clinging so tightly to its mom, the gender can’t yet be determined.
Louisville Zoo Director John Walczak says Mom and baby are doing great and appear to be very healthy. He says gorilla births at accredited zoos are important. Every day more and more habitat for wild animals is lost due to pressures from human overpopulation, habitat destruction and poaching.
This birth brings the total gorilla population at the Louisville Zoo to 12. For more information on the Louisville Zoo’s gorillas in Gorilla Forest, go here.
photos courtesy Louisville Zoo
Since the baby is clinging so tightly to its mom, the gender can’t yet be determined.
Louisville Zoo Director John Walczak says Mom and baby are doing great and appear to be very healthy. He says gorilla births at accredited zoos are important. Every day more and more habitat for wild animals is lost due to pressures from human overpopulation, habitat destruction and poaching.
This birth brings the total gorilla population at the Louisville Zoo to 12. For more information on the Louisville Zoo’s gorillas in Gorilla Forest, go here.
photos courtesy Louisville Zoo
