![]() All parties agreed that relocation was the best course of action for the baby and because the Cincinnati Zoo has two female gorillas available to serve as potential surrogate mothers, it was decided that the baby should go there. The baby was being hand-reared by GPZ zookeepers because the new mom displayed a lack of maternal care. She is on breeding loan transfer from the Cincinnati Zoo. Excited and ready to celebrate, the Zoo will be charging the same admission rates. Kiazi joined the Gladys Porter Zoo's gorilla troop in October 2011 as part of an Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) breeding recommendation. September 3, 2021, marks the 50 year anniversary of Gladys Porter Zoo opening its gates for the first time. 29 to parents 14-year old, "Kiazi" and a 28-year-old silverback male named "Moja". A preliminary assessment shows that an electrical issue failed to trigger an emergency back-up. In addition, the suite will be outfitted with a mattress for Zoo staff to sit on during their long shifts, especially overnights. The Gladys Porter Zoo is investigating after a group of stingrays were found dead Friday morning. PM Magazine was a local news and entertainment. The Baby Suite has been upgraded to feature 2-inch mesh that will assist keepers when they (eventually) bottle feed and cameras for around-the-clock monitoring. In this 1981 segment for PM Magazine, co-host Frank Kerr profiles the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville. Surrogacy involves understanding primate behavior, vocalizations and mothering instincts. Zoo surrogates are providing 24/7 care, working 8-hour shifts. Gladys has now made the transition from the Zoo's Nursery to her new home behind the scenes in the Gorilla World Baby Suite. ![]() It was hard for them to see her go, and took a lot of love for them to say goodbye, and we wanted to acknowledge that." "Without their around the clock care and attention, I'm not sure she would still be here today. "Jerry and Cindy Stones, of the Gladys Porter Zoo, deserve all the recognition in the world for how quickly they swooped in and rescued Gladys," said Ron Evans, Primate Center Team Leader at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Gomez said that no employees had been fired, though the one involved in the rhino incident had chosen to resign.Zookeepers also decided to give Gladys the last name "Stones" to recognize the Stones Family, who cared for her in her first few weeks before she came to Cincinnati. Prior USDA inspection reports show the zoo has been cited for failing to keep gibbon, zebra, tapir, marmoset and hippo barns repaired as well as for failing to provide branches for off-exhibit lemurs to climb on and storing insecticides near food. The historic winter storm that shocked the state had employees of the Gladys Porter Zoo working overtime. The settlement will basically cover the administrative costs to the USDA for its investigation, she said. "We have taken measures to make sure these mistakes don't happen again." 6The Gladys Porter Zoo will receive a substantial makeover of its existing footprint according to a new 10-year master plan unveiled on Wednesday. "We have always acknowledged that there were mistakes made by the employees," she said. She said the zoo had taken steps to ensure such accidents don't happen again, such as retraining staff on chemical storage and putting a protective wall by the moat. ![]() "We wanted to know just as much as everybody else and we needed someone to be impartial," she said. Zoo spokeswoman Lisa Marie Gomez said the zoo itself called for the investigation and called its findings "good news." A turf battle ensued and one of the males died after falling into a moat and choking on a clump of mud. ![]() space permitting FREE Subscription to our quarterly newsletter, Zoo News. Months before in September, a rhinoceros died after a zoo employee mistakenly released two males and a female into the same area. Gladys Porter Zoo is a 31-acre zoo/botanical garden located in Brownsville. ![]() A fourth died six months later from complications attributed to exposure to the gas. 6 after a space heater melted a nearby chorine container, emitting poisonous fumes into the gorilla pen. He said there were no findings to indicate the zoo had violated the Animal Welfare Act. Department of Agriculture spokesman Jim Rogers said the agency's months-long investigation had ended in a stipulation to the zoo, which he described as an "on-the-spot penalty" that is a step below criminal charges. ![]()
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