After more than 27 years at the Gorilla Foundation, Ndume was transferred back to the Cincinnati Zoo following a months-long court battle. This along with the fact that Koko had not ovulated for at least 19 years prior to her death, most likely played a significant part. When he arrived at The Gorilla Foundation, he interacted with a much larger and dominant female. While having multiple females is optimal, there were other factors in play. Penny Patterson who serves as the President and Research Director at The Gorilla Foundation has said that there needs to be ".several females and one male." in order for a gorilla family to form. Later life Gorilla Foundation Īt the Gorilla Foundation, Koko and Ndume failed to mate. At the age of 10, Ndume was transferred to the Gorilla Foundation to live with Michael and to serve as a potential mate to Koko. There he fathered three children, including Baraka, Mtu Chuma and Zuza. Ndume was transferred to the Brookfield Zoo when he was seven. At the age of 3, Ndume began to be cared for by Ron Evans, who was 17 at the time, and is currently the Curator of Primates at the Cincinnati Zoo. Ndume grew up with three or four gorilla peers. As a young gorilla, Ndume was playful and highly social. Ndume also has an aunt Samantha who lived to be 50 and an aunt Gigi who lived to be 47. Ramses currently lives at the Fort Worth Zoo and Rosie lived to be 43. Ndume was born at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1981 to his father, Ramses and mother, Rosie. Following a lawsuit, which raged on for months, Ndume was transferred back to the Cincinnati Zoo from the Gorilla Foundation on June 14, 2019. Ndume has lived most of his life at the Gorilla Foundation's sanctuary at Woodside, California, but has also lived at the Cincinnati Zoo and the Brookfield Zoo.
Ndume (born October 10, 1981) is a male western lowland gorilla known for having learned a limited amount of a modified version of American Sign Language (ASL) and for being at the center of lawsuit over his custody between the Cincinnati Zoo and the Gorilla Foundation. The Gorilla Foundation and Francine Patterson He said the gorilla wasn't tranquilized because in such a large animal it would take several minutes for the tranquilizer to take effect. Maynard said the gorilla didn't appear to be attacking the child, but he said it was "an extremely strong" animal in an agitated situation. Harambe, a 17-year-old male gorilla, was shot dead Saturday after a child fell into his enclosure. Western lowland silverback gorillas are considered critically endangered, according to the World Wildlife Fund. The gorilla that was killed was a 400 pound male Western lowland silverback named Harambe, Maynard said. The Associated Press reported that he was expected to recover. The child, who has not been identified, remained conscious during the entire incident, which lasted more than 10 minutes, the statement said. Once "the threat from the gorilla was neutralized by a Cincinnati Zoo employee with one shot from a long rifle," the child was retrieved and brought to Cincinnati Children's Hospital with serious injuries, the statement said.
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