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Gorilla Matriarch at Zoo Miami Euthanized

January 18, 2017   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RON MAGILL, Zoo Communications Director 305-251-0400, ext. 84916 – Zoo Miami GORILLA MATRIARCH AT ZOO MIAMI IS EUTHANIZED It is with heavy hearts that Zoo Miami announces the loss of our matriarch gorilla, “Josephine.”  Born in the wild in March of 1967, the nearly 50-year-old great ape had been suffering from several health issues that have slowly incapacitated her, none of wh... Read More
Posted by Andrea Obregon at Wednesday, January 18, 2017

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