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Endangered gorillas face problems in captivity, too
Cleveland zoo heads national research on heart disease in western lowland gorillas
by WKSU's M.L. SCHULTZE


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M.L. Schultze
 
Gorillas in the wild are now on the critically endangered list. And keepers increasingly are concerned about their conditions in zoos. As much as a third of the deaths of captive western lowland gorillas have been linked to heart disease. That's why the Cleveland Zoo has launched the national Gorilla Health Project -- overseen by the tandem of the head of the gorillas species survival plan and a veterinary epidemiologist. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has the story ...
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Kristen Lukas, head of the species survival plan for gorillas, and one of the two western lowland gorillas at the Cleveland zoo
Pam Dennis is a veterinary epidemiologist who is overseeing the national Gorilla Health Project
Zoos are experimenting with the diets of captive western lowland gorilla to try to counteract high cholesteral and heart disease
It took some getting used to, but western lowland gorillas at the Cleveland zoo now scarf down 60 high-fiber bisquits a day.
Cleveland zoo keepers try to encourage gorillas to exercise by hiding their food in tubes, straw and shreds of paper
Part of the challenge to better the health of captive gorillas is to get them to imitate foraging. Otherwise, keepers say the animals might not move much.
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