December 22, 1956. The day the primary gorilla was born in captivity | EUROtoday

For zoo homeowners, the Fifties had been nonetheless good instances. No environmental protectors to accuse them of preserving animals taken from their pure setting in captivity. No animal rights activists to protest towards residing situations in cages. Do we need to purchase an elephant, a tiger or a gorilla? All it’s a must to do is place an order with a specialised hunter, who typically massacres a number of people to seize a single one alive. Reproduction in captivity is much too difficult, particularly for species just like the modest and romantic gorilla. The beginning of somewhat gorilla woman on the Columbus Zoo (Ohio), on December 22, 1956, was subsequently an distinctive occasion.