ST. LOUIS (KBSI) — The Saint Louis Zoo has welcomed two juvenile western lowland gorillas that will join its bachelor troop later this summer.
Gus, 10, and Bukavu, 8, arrived this week from the Fort Worth Zoo following a transfer recommendation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Western Lowland Gorilla Species Survival Plan, a conservation breeding program that helps maintain a genetically healthy population of the species in accredited North American zoos.
Zoo officials said the move reflects natural behavior observed in the wild, where juvenile male gorillas typically leave their family group to join bachelor troops…