The Valencian park consolidates the reproductive group of gorillas within the important international conservation program (EEP) of this critically endangered species.
Ali, one of the females in the BIOPARC Valencia gorilla group and mother of Ebo, the first gorilla born in the Valencian Community, has had a new breeding. The birth took place in the indoor shelters late on Thursday, it developed completely normally and from the first moment the calf took to suckling, which is a sign of a good prognosis. The fact that the mother has experience in parenting is a great asset and The BIOPARC technical team is attentive at all times to the well-being and evolution of both her and the newborn.. In these cases there is a special protocol that includes conditioning of the shelters and allows access both inside and outside so that the mother can choose where she prefers to be.
Yesterday, Friday, the numerous visitors who had come to the park already had the oopportunity to contemplate scenes of great tenderness and they could not hide their emotion when realizing that the baby was barely a few hours old, because you could even see how the umbilical cord was hanging. With the normal curiosity of the entire gorilla family about the wonderful event, especially that of the brothers, everyone's calm behavior was striking. The sex of this new baby Valencian gorilla that arrives before the Easter holidays, since it does not interfere with maternal upbringing and we will have to wait until we have the opportunity to see the genital part to find out.
The long-awaited birth occurs prior to the Easter holidays and shows a unique picture of the gorilla family with the baby and his brothers, Pepe, 13 months old, and Virunga and Ebo, 2 and 6 years old respectively.
This new baby western coastal gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) that was born in BIOPARC Valencia is a great news for this emblematic primate species since it is at serious risk of extinction and is listed as “critically endangered” on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The Valencian reproductive group is part of the European Conservation Program (EEP) for gorillas, and continues to bear fruit and hope for survival for these great primates. It is made up of Mambie, the breeding male, and three females who have all had babies in the park: Ali, Nalany and Fossey. He BIOPARC's commitment also extends to the animals' habitats of origin and actively contributes to the in situ conservation of this species through BIOPARC Foundation with the EBO project in Africa.
Contemplating the large family of gorillas with their babies is one of those images that moves us and motivates us to change our behaviors to commit to the conservation of the planet's biodiversity.
