Gorilla Is Shipped to California for Breeding
<i> Associated Press</i>
CINCINNATI —
The Cincinnati Zoo on Tuesday shipped 10-year-old Ndume, a 250-pound gorilla that is native to central and western Africa, to California in hopes that he can father other Western lowland gorillas. He is to be paired with Koko, a 20-year-old female at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside, Calif., for breeding.
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