OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Zoo has revealed the name of their new baby gorilla! On December 13, zookeepers say first-time mother Mikella, gave birth in the Great EscApe habitat. Zoo officials announced the baby gorilla was a girl last week. Thursday, they revealed the name of the baby gorilla: Azinza (ah-zeen-za). By 2008, the population of Western lowland gorillas was reduced by 80 percent, classifying the species as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s […]
