All of the gorillas at the Dallas Zoo have been cleared of COVID-19, the zoo announced Thursday. Five of the zoo’s lowland western gorillas — Asha, B’Wenzi,...
The zoo has two gorilla troops: the family troop with Asha, Marcus, Mbani, Megan, Saambili and Shanta, and the bachelor troop with B’Wenzi, Juba, Shana and Zola.
Because the gorillas had been together for almost a week when the initial results came in, staff decided not to quarantine the COVID-19-positive animals, said Anne Burgdorf, associate veterinarian at the zoo. After the initial results, the gorillas were tested every few days until they were cleared. Most of the gorillas, except the two youngest, had at least one positive test result during that time but also remained asymptomatic.According to theConnect with needs and opportunities from
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