The critically endangered primate, 3-year-old Kevin, contracted shigella, a bacteria that causes the disease shigellosis, the Florida zoo said in a Sept. 10 news release. “He fought very hard against ...
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A shigella outbreak at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has claimed the life of another ape, this time a 3-year-old western ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens' youngest western lowland gorilla, Kevin, has died, according to a ...
A fourth primate at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has died after suffering from Shigella, a bacterial infection that’s ...
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Bulera, a 35-year-old western lowland gorilla, was the first ape to die from the highly contagious bacterial disease. Born at Lincoln Park Zoo in 1989, Bulera was hand-reared due to an injury that ...
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Kevin is the fourth to die of the disease at the zoo, following another western lowland gorilla and two bonobo brothers. The zoo said it doesn’t know how the animals ended up with shigellosis.