CAESAR, GORILLA ON LOAN TO ZOO, DIES UNEXPECTEDLY.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer Caesar, the most beloved gorilla at the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. before his recent move to Atlanta, died Tuesday of unknown causes, zoo officials said. He was 26. The 525-pound western lowland gorilla, born in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , was the first gorilla ever delivered by Caesarean section caesarean section: see cesarean section. . ``What a magnificent animal,'' said Jennie McNary, curator of mammals at the Los Angeles Zoo, who helped train Caesar for his move to Zoo Atlanta This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. last summer. ``I was just so awed by him and touched by the experience of working with him.'' The silverback gorilla, unfortunately, never hit it off with the female apes at the Los Angeles Zoo. At his heaviest, he weighed 675 pounds. So last summer he dropped 150 pounds on a crash diet and was loaned to Zoo Atlanta for its gorilla breeding program A breeding program is the planned breeding of a group of animals or plants, usually involving at least several individuals and extending over several generations. Breeding programs are commonly employed in several fields where humans wish to manage the characteristics of their . After a six-month quarantine, the Zoo Atlanta public greeted him last March with a ``Hail Caesar!'' tribute. Anyone wearing a toga got a $3 discount at the gate. ``He was probably one of the most recognizable gorillas,'' McNary said, ``a beautiful animal with a wonderful temperament, smart and good-natured - and a really big loss to the whole gorilla population.'' A necropsy necropsy /nec·rop·sy/ (nek´rop-se) examination of a body after death; autopsy. nec·rop·sy n. See autopsy. necropsy examination of a body after death. See also autopsy. was being performed on Caesar on Tuesday. Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Caesar, the first gorilla born by Caesarean section, died unexpectedly Tuesday while on loan from Los Angeles to a zoo in Atlanta, Ga. Daily News file photo |
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