DECLASSIFIED: DUNI IS COMING TO PRAGUE!
Everything is agreed, approved and confirmed: the trio of females Kamba – Kijivu – Shinda and little Ajabua will be joined in the new pavilion by male gorilla Kisumu and female Duni. It is doubly good news: the arrival of Kisuma will make it possible to have other cubs in the group, as Duni will continue the story of our famous Moja in Prague. Duni is her only daughter! We could not have wished for – or even imagined – a better outcome.
Kisumu was born in 1997 in Munich and at the age of seven was moved to Schmiding, Austria, where he still lives in a youth group. Unlike our Richard, whose line is already so-called over-represented and therefore cannot have any more cubs, Kisumu has a much better ranking and should become a father here.
By moving Duni to Prague, our efforts with which we searched years ago for the best possible location for Moja will also benefit. Only thanks to the fact that Nika’s male is genetically very valuable, Moja was able to have a little Duni with him in Cabárcen, Spain in 2013 – and now Duni will also have the opportunity to have her own cub.
We will provide further information on an ongoing basis.
Kisumu was born in 1997 in Munich and at the age of seven was moved to Schmiding, Austria, where he still lives in a youth group. He should become a father at the Prague Zoo. Photo by Zoo Schmiding
Miroslav Bobek
director of the Prague Zoo
Everything is agreed, approved and confirmed: the trio of females Kamba – Kijivu – Shinda and little Ajabua will be joined in the new pavilion by male gorilla Kisumu and female Duni. It’s doubly good news: the arrival of Kisuma will allow the group to have more…
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