Newborn Gorilla Dies at Lincoln Park Zoo

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 25, 2011 8:30PM



Image courtesy Lincoln Park Zoo was found dead this morning. The endangered western lowland gorilla was born to 15-year-old Bana and 22-year-old sire Kwan at the Regenstein Center for African Apes last Wednesday. The cause of death has not yet been discovered. Lincoln Park Zoo said in a release:

“This is an extremely sad day for the Lincoln Park Zoo family,” said Megan Ross, vice president of Animal Care. “We have been watching the mother and infant very closely since the birth and felt cautiously optimistic that the baby was healthy and being cared for appropriately. We are all surprised and very saddened by this tragic turn of events.”

She was the first gorilla born at Lincoln Park Zoo in six years.