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Ngozi Ngozi, a 20-year-old western lowland gorilla, cradles hew newborn daughter Charlie at the Toronto Zoo on Thursday. <\/p>\nTwo female silverback gorillas at the Toronto Zoo are recovering from injuries after meeting a new male member of their band.<\/p>\n
Recently, the zoo began introducing a new Western lowland silverback gorilla named Zwalani to others at the Africa Rainforest Pavilion. This occurred, the zoo said, \u201cafter extensive planning and successful mesh-to-mesh interactions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs with any gorilla introduction, some aggression, chasing, and injuries can be expected as the group establishes new social bonds and hierarchy,\u201d the Toronto Zoo wrote in a post on social media.<\/p>\n
The zoo said on Wednesday wildlife care workers observed that Nneka was favouring one arm, while Charlie sustained a slight cut to her glute.<\/p>\n
Another female gorilla in the troop, Ngozi, was not hurt.<\/p>\n
Ngozi Ngozi, a 20-year-old western lowland gorilla, cradles hew newborn daughter Charlie at the Toronto Zoo on Thursday. <\/p>\n
The Toronto Zoo said its veterinarians assessed both gorillas on Tuesday and determined that Charlie\u2019s cut was deep enough to warrant stitching. <\/p>\n
Nneka, meanwhile, received x-rays on her arm and was treated for minor injuries to her lower back and left foot. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re happy to report that the procedures went well,\u201d the zoo said.<\/p>\n
Despite what has occurred, the zoo said it is \u201cvery encouraged by the positive connections forming between Zwalani and the females over the last number of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile this process can look and sound concerning, it is a natural and normal part of gorilla behaviour which our team will continue to monitor every step of the way – ensuring any injuries remain minor,\u201d it assured, adding that these introduction serve as an \u201cimportant step in ensuring long-term genetic diversity and healthy family groups, thus supporting the conservation of Western lowland gorillas.\u201d<\/p>\n
As they continue recuperating, the silverback gorillas may be unviewable to guests and members, the zoo noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are proud to support the gorillas in our care who serve as important ambassadors for their wild counterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two female silverback gorillas at the Toronto Zoo are recovering from injuries after meeting a new male member…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-87635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87635","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=87635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}