{"id":760152,"date":"2026-06-25T12:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/760152\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:10:19","slug":"new-silverback-joins-bristol-zoo-project-gorilla-pack-as-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/760152\/","title":{"rendered":"New silverback joins Bristol Zoo Project gorilla pack as leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Zimmerman said the zoo&#8217;s conservation breeding programmes play &#8220;an important role in maintaining healthy populations for future generations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At the same time, the gorilla troop and their habitat at Bristol Zoo Project connect visitors to the landscape of Equatorial Guinea \u2013 where we run one of our largest field conservation projects,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Here we work alongside local communities to help people and wildlife, including western lowland gorillas, co-exist and thrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re looking forward to watching Nkoumou settle into his new home, develop relationships with the troop and establish his place within the group.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bristol Zoological Society has cared for gorillas for nearly 90 years, from much-loved favourites like Alfred and Jock to the current group at Bristol Zoo Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zimmerman said the zoo&#8217;s conservation breeding programmes play &#8220;an important role in maintaining healthy populations for future generations&#8221;.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-760152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}