PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Zoo will soon be home to a new gorilla.

Philly.com says (http://bit.ly/1346gq7) Kira, a 13-year-old female western lowland gorilla, is expected to arrive in a few weeks from the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. She’s the first gorilla ever born there.

She will be paired with Jabari, one of the three male gorillas at the Philadelphia Zoo.

The hope is that she’ll be the gorilla

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Tiger escapes zoo in India

BHUBANESWAR, India, June 1 (UPI) — A tiger was on the loose in India’s Odisha state Saturday, the day after it scaled an 18-foot-high fence to escape from a zoo, officials said.

The 6-year-old male tiger, which had been at the Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar since April 28, got out Friday night after being moved to an enclosure from the tiger safari, J.D. Sharma, the principal chief conservator of forest wildlife, told the Press Trust of India.

“The tiger escaped from the enclosure after jumping over the 18-feet-high wire fencing,” Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray said. “His pug marks are

Source: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/06/01/Tiger-escapes-zoo-in-India/UPI-90121370134935/

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Denver Zoo welcomes foal to herd of endangered Przewalski's horses

For the first time in more than 20 years, the Denver Zoo is home to a Przewalski’s foal.

Mother Yisun gave birth May 31, the zoo said in a news release. The foal is active under the watchful eye of first-time father Bataar, but zookeepers have yet to determine its gender. It’s the first Przewalski’s foal since 1991.

“The Przewalski’s horse is considered the only remaining truly wild horse in the world,” the zoo said.

The breed, also called Mongolian wild horses or Asiatic wild horses, was actually extinct in its natural habitat of Europe and Asia

Source: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23363736/denver-zoo-welcomes-foal-herd-endangered-przewalskis-horses?source=rss

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