Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo Shocked After Beloved Gorilla 'Bantu' Dies Agence France-Presse
go to original July 7, 2016

The Gorilla at Mexico City Zoologico de Chapultepec (brumglenn)

Bantu, who was 24, died of cardiorespiratory arrest late Wednesday after he was sedated and efforts to reanimate him failed, the city’s environment department said in a statement, citing a preliminary autopsy.

The gorilla, who would have turned 25 on September 20, was one of the main attractions of the capital’s vast Chapultepec zoo.

“This incident has caused great consternation among zoo personnel who cared for him for nearly 25 years,” the statement said, adding that international veterinary protocols had been followed.

Bantu was supposed to be taken to the zoo of the western city of Guadalajara, where he would have been presented to two females in the hope that they would reproduce.

Some 20 doctors and experts from the two zoos were involved in the effort to transport him. Tests are being conducted to confirm the cause of death.

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