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Zoo demands custody of Koko's partner, Ndume

Original post made on Nov 8, 2018

The future is in question for Ndume, the 37-year-old male western lowland gorilla who lives at a preserve operated by The Gorilla Foundation off Skyline Boulevard in Woodside.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 8:17 PM

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Posted by Susan Smith
a resident of Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda
on Nov 8, 2018 at 5:43 am

When something is loaned, it is meant to be returned. Return the Ndume with a thank you, instead of whatever The Gorilla Foundation is up to now. Embarrassing.


Posted by Doreen Rasanen
a resident of Menlo Park: Fair Oaks
on Nov 8, 2018 at 12:03 pm

CINCINNATI ZOO HAS HAD TOO MANY PROBLEMS, PLUS THEY KILL GORILLAS WHEN THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND GORILLA BEHAVIOUR, AS WITH HARMANDE, WHO GENTLY TOOK HOLD OF THE CHILD
WHO FELL IN AND WAITED AT A DOOR FOR KEEPER TO COME, BUT NO KEEP CAME, THEN HE
CAREFULLY DRAGGED THE CHILD TO A SECOND DOOR AND WAITED BUT NO KEEPER CAME. THEY
THOUGHT IT WAS BEST TO KILL HIM. NO I DON'T BELIEVE NDUME SHOULD GO TO THIS
CINCINNATI ZOO AT ALL.


Posted by ann haley
a resident of another community
on Nov 8, 2018 at 1:37 pm

ann haley is a registered user.


Wherever the gorilla is happiest is where he should be, and that is probably with his most recent companions, human and/or animal. Transporting these intelligent, sensitive animals is always traumatic and should be minimized.


Posted by Jane A.
a resident of Atherton: West of Alameda
on Nov 8, 2018 at 7:57 pm

Can't we just move Ndume to the White House. He's got more intelligence and better manners than the chimp we have there now.


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