Charles the Gorilla is a wild western wildlife gorilla from Gabon West Africa. Although the date of his birth is not known the date of birth is September 23, 1972. At a time when humans are less aware of their treatment of endangered and endangered species, Charles is sought by a group of hunters who are interested in getting gorillas for international trade. (At that time, a gorilla baby can get a price of up to $ 5000.00.) He is allegedly found lying next to the dead body of his mother.
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Toronto Zoo
On September 24, 1974, Charles was sent to the Toronto Zoo, where he has lived since. His name was given to him because his very round face reminded the staff at the zoo Charlie Brown. When Charles was first taken to the zoo, he was considered rather unattractive because he lost some of his hair and had lesions and/or wounds that adorned his body.
Charles, along with Amanda, Barney, Caroline, Josephine, Julia and Samantha, were part of the Toronto Zoo's first acquisition of a group of wild-caught gorillas for a recently opened zoo. The Toronto Zoo opened its doors in August 1974 and since then about 33 million visitors have seen zoo gorillas (a figure growing by about a million people every year). The group of seven gorillas has more than 33 children and is represented by more than 23 live children, consisting of three generations. By 2016, Charles has become the father of 15 children, of which ten still survive to this day.
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Artwork
Charles is a great painter. Although the group has always been exposed to visual art, Charles's niche for the media has sprung up as a result of behavioral enrichment during the turbulent time in a gorilla group living in the Toronto Zoo. During the period between 1990 and 1998, Charles (now a large Silverback male) is not interested in interacting with offspring that are not his. So in an effort to allow the gorilla group to meet some gorilla offspring from other zoos (ie, Barney's children), Charles spends a short time each day in solitude. In an effort to make Charles satisfied during this interval away from his harem, Charles was given access to large sheets of paper and non-toxic colored paint. In an effort to raise funds for a new gorilla exhibit at the Toronto Zoo, some of these works are on display and sold in private art galleries and sell for $ 400 to $ 800 each that earns more than $ 37,000.00 for the Toronto Zoo.
Offspring
As in the wild, the fate of the descendants of Charles is that once they reach maturity, they must seek other families to live together. This is to prevent inbreeding with women and to suppress the tactics of violent mature men who are interested in challenging their fathers to control the group. His daughter Sekani (born 1990) now lives in Arkansas in Little Rock Zoo. His son Jomo (born 1991) now lives in the Cincinnati Zoo. Both Jomo and Sekani are the parents of two sons. Subira's third adult son lives in the Dallas Zoo. He also has four younger children, Johari (female, born in 2001), Sadiki (male, born 2005), Nassir (male, born September 2, 2009), and Nneka (female, born January 9, 2014). ) lives with him at the Toronto Zoo. His friend Ngozi is currently pregnant with a sixteenth child.
Tragedy in Dallas
Another descendant of Charles was sent to the Dallas Zoo where in March 2004, Jabari (born 1990) escaped from his cage and injured 3 customers. Jabari is allegedly thrown into a rage by a group of youths who mock him and, in an attempt to get revenge, he climbs a 18-foot-tall wall and rampages in the visitor's view area while the visitors escape in panic. After 45 minutes outside his exhibit, Dallas police were called in to control the situation. In what was reported as an attack on officers, Dallas police shot and killed Jabari before the zoo staff could storm or subdue it.
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