A 2-year-old female western lowland gorilla died at the Calgary Zoo after sustaining head injuries from the closing door, zoo officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

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The zoo's gorilla team immediately retrieved the wounded gorilla from the habitat before veterinary team took over. The veterinary team then performed lifesaving measures to keep the 2-year-old ...

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Human error has been deemed the cause of a 2-year-old female western lowland gorilla's death in Canada, Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo officials announced. A formal ...

the zoo announced Saturday ... Western lowland gorillas are threatened by poaching, disease and habitat loss, the IUCN said. “If there is an encouraging takeaway from this sad moment, it ...