Blackpool Zoo is home to six Western lowland gorillas. Bukavu the silverback is 20 and Miliki, aged 22 is the mother of Meisie, who is seven and the new baby. Njema, who is 24, is Miliki’s half ...

Njema, who is 18 and came to Blackpool in 2002, has not yet had any babies despite being young and healthy and mating with resident silverback Bukavu. Zoo staff are using child-friendly glitter ...

Blackpool Zoo’s Animal Registrar, Maria Webster, has been instrumental in the multi-agency collaboration. ... 2012, to mother ...

The first baby gorilla to be born at Blackpool Zoo has arrived in India to start major new adventure with her half-sister. Meisie, who made history when she was born in 2010, and Moanda, who came ...

Meisie, who made history when she was born in 2010, and Moanda, who came along two years later, have moved to a new, state-of-the-art facility at Mysuru Zoo as part of global gorilla conservation ...