Gorilla at a Canadian zoo died after worker mistakenly activated wrong door By Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN 3 min read Updated 3:51 PM EST, Sat November 23, 2024 ...

A 2-year-old gorilla died of traumatic injuries last week at the Calgary Zoo in Alberta, Canada, after being struck by a hydraulic door that a staff member mistakenly activated, according to the ...

The zoo’s Director of Animal Care, Colleen Baird, says two-year-old Eyare died during a move between spaces in the back-of-the-house area of the gorilla enclosure on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.

According to a press release from the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo published on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2-year-old western lowland gorilla Eyare died on the morning of Nov. 12 after a keeper ...

The Calgary Zoo, which launched the conservation organization the Wilder Institute in 2021, cares for over 4,000 animals, including six other western lowland gorillas.

A formal investigation was launched after the young gorilla named Eyare died at the zoo in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on Nov. 12, according to a news release issued by the zoo.

Yewande’s infant is the 11th western lowland gorilla newborn to be born at the Calgary Zoo. Before Eyare’s birth on April 20, 2022, the last gorilla to be born in Calgary was Kimani in 2016.

A 2-year-old gorilla died of traumatic injuries last week at the Calgary Zoo in Alberta after being struck by a hydraulic door that a staff member mistakenly activated, according to the zoo.

A gorilla living at the Calgary Zoo died after an accident with one of her enclosure's hydraulic doors, officials confirmed. According to a press release from the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo ...

According to a press release from the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo published on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2-year-old western lowland gorilla Eyare died on the morning of Nov. 12 after a keeper ...