Eastern lowland gorilla Amahoro
Belgium.
Antwerp National Zoo.
Antwerp Zoo (Dutch: ZOO Antwerpen) is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.
Rescued from poachers and now a crowd favorite in Antwerp Zoo.
Amahoro is wild-caught. This means that she was born in nature, so we do not know her exact birthday or even her age. She was captured by poachers and probably – we don't know for sure – they shot her parents. She was kept to be traded alive.
Amahoro was rescued from the poachers and then taken to the Zoo. She arrived here on August 18, 1994, when she was a toddler of about 4 years old. At that age, young gorillas are still dependent on their mother, but she quickly integrated into the group that lived here at the time.
Amahoro is a very special animal. Partly because she is an eastern lowland gorilla, the only living subspecies of that subspecies in Europe. The other gorillas in Antwerp are western lowland gorillas.
Amahoro is quite easily recognizable in the group even for a layman. She is larger than her peers and her coat is noticeably darker.
Eastern lowland gorilla Amahoro
Belgium.
Antwerp National Zoo.
Antwerp Zoo (Dutch: ZOO Antwerpen) is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.
Rescued from poachers and now a crowd favorite in Antwerp Zoo.
Amahoro is wild-caught. This means that she was born in nature, so we do not know her exact birthday or even her age. She was captured by poachers and probably – we don't know for sure – they shot her parents. She was kept to be traded alive.
Amahoro was rescued from the poachers and then taken to the Zoo. She arrived here on August 18, 1994, when she was a toddler of about 4 years old. At that age, young gorillas are still dependent on their mother, but she quickly integrated into the group that lived here at the time.
Amahoro is a very special animal. Partly because she is an eastern lowland gorilla, the only living subspecies of that subspecies in Europe. The other gorillas in Antwerp are western lowland gorillas.
Amahoro is quite easily recognizable in the group even for a layman. She is larger than her peers and her coat is noticeably darker.