The Louisville Zoo has added a new member to its award-winning Gorilla Forest habitat.
Meet Patty, an 11-year-old western lowland gorilla.
Patty’s arrival creates a new gorilla troop which includes silverback Casey (42 years old), adult females Paki (35 years old) and Kweli (40 years old) and young female Kindi (8 years old).
Patty and her family group will be in exhibit rotation with bachelor groups including Bengati, Jelani, Cecil and Kicho.
“Welcoming Patty to the Louisville Zoo adds an exciting new element to Gorilla Forest,” said Louisville Zoo Director Dan Maloney. “Welcoming a relatively young, unrelated female gorilla to our Zoo is quite an accomplishment and we credit her addition to the hard work of our Animal Care Team. We are eager to witness her growth, and hopefully see her successfully become a mom with male gorilla Casey soon!”
Patty was born at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo and comes to the Louisville Zoo with a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan.
In time, she will be paired with silverback gorilla, Casey.
Her zookeepers describe Patty is a socially savvy gorilla and believe her acclimation to the new environment and integration into the established group is going smoothly.
For more information, visit louisvillezoo.org.
