O zoológico de Knoxville lamenta a perda do gorila Kowali, de 47 anos, que morreu de doença cardíaca. Zoo Knoxville mourns the loss of 47-year-old gorilla Kowali, who died from heart disease.

O zoológico Knoxville anunciou a morte de Kowali, um gorila de planície ocidental que tinha 47 anos. Zoo Knoxville has announced the death of Kowali, a beloved Western lowland gorilla who was 47. Kowali, mãe de quatro filhos, vivia no zoológico desde 2013 e nasceu em 1978 no Lincoln Park Zoo, em Chicago. Kowali, a mother of four, had lived at the zoo since 2013 and was born in 1978 at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Dr. Andrew Cushing descobriu que ela tinha doença cardíaca irreversível. Dr. Andrew Cushing discovered she had irreversible heart disease. O CEO do zoológico de Knoxville, Bill Street, elogiou o papel de Kowali nos esforços de conservação de gorilas. Zoo Knoxville CEO Bill Street praised Kowali's role in gorilla conservation efforts. O zoológico tem agora cinco gorilas-das-terras baixas ocidentais. The zoo now has five Western lowland gorillas.