http://wyso.org en http://wyso.org/post/baby-gorilla-arrives-cincinnati-zoo <p>The Cincinnati Zoo has welcomed a baby gorilla born nearly four weeks ago at a Texas zoo.</p><p>Cincinnati Zoo officials say the female baby gorilla arrived Friday. The baby was being hand-reared by keepers at the Texas zoo because her mother displayed a lack of maternal care.</p><p>The zoos agreed it was best to relocate the baby to the Cincinnati Zoo where two female gorillas are available to serve as potential surrogate mothers.</p> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:35:00 +0000 Associated Press 29473 at http://wyso.org http://wyso.org/post/cincinnati-zoo-bids-farewell-ipuh-rhino-welcomes-new-baby-gorilla <p>One of the Cincinnati Zoo's most famous residents has died.</p><p>The zoo says an endangered Sumatran rhino that fathered the first Sumatran rhino calve born in captivity in more than a century died Monday.</p><p>The rhino named Ipuh had fathered three calves since 2001, the most ever in captivity.</p><p>The zoo estimates that Ipuh was at least 33-years-old and believes he was one of the oldest Sumatran rhinos on record.</p><p>Sumatran rhinos are seriously threatened by loss of habitat and poaching. Fewer than 200 live in Indonesia and Malaysia today.</p> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:35:00 +0000 Associated Press 29207 at http://wyso.org