A primate family is mourning the loss of a 47-year-old critically endangered gorilla mom with a “gentle demeanor and ...

9, 1978, and spent time at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina, before moving back to Lincoln Park Zoo. She ended up at Zoo Knoxville as part of a gorilla species survival plan.

According to Zoo Knoxville, habitat loss, poaching, and disease are major factors contributing to Western lowland gorillas' ...