{"id":136718,"date":"2026-02-17T22:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136718\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:49:31","slug":"bronx-zoo-western-lowland-gorilla-ntondo-dies-at-32-from-acute-cardiac-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136718\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx Zoo Western Lowland Gorilla Ntondo dies at 32 from acute cardiac arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRONX, New York (WABC) — The Bronx Zoo announced on Tuesday that Ntondo, a male western lowland gorilla, died over the weekend at the age of 32.<\/p>\n

A preliminary necropsy indicates that he died of an acute cardiac event.<\/p>\n

Ntondo, known to zoo visitors and television audiences after being featured on the Animal Planet docuseries “THE ZOO,” died on Sunday.<\/p>\n

His story was featured in the first episode of the series in 2017 when testing revealed he had glaucoma, a condition that ultimately left him blind.<\/p>\n

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Zoo officials said even though he was blind, Ntondo “remained patient, confident and able to navigate complex social situations with the assuredness of an experienced silverback.”<\/p>\n

Ntondo was born Feb. 28, 1993 at the Calgary Zoo and arrived to the Bronx Zoo in 2014.<\/p>\n

He was a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and Species Survival Plan—a program designed to enhance the genetic diversity and demographic stability of AZA’s gorilla population.<\/p>\n

The Bronx Zoo’s Congo Gorilla Forest is home to 12 gorillas and 53 have been born at the zoo since 1972.<\/p>\n

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