Zoo Shuts Ape House as It Awaits TB Results
From Times Wire Reports
The National Zoo has closed its Great Ape House and outdoor yard for several weeks after a test of a gorilla’s lungs suggested the possibility he had tuberculosis.
Zoo officials said the facility was ordered shut as a precaution while they awaited results of further testing.
Peper Long, a spokeswoman for the zoo, identified the gorilla as 4-year-old Kwame. He is part of a colony of four western lowland gorillas that are highly popular with visitors to the zoo.
The ape is to undergo more tests today.
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