With the Clifton site closed, zoo staff are grappling with logistics of moving 300 species to new homes
Moving house can strain the strongest of family relationships, and western lowland gorillas are no exception.
At times of uncertainty and stress, Bristol zoo’s troop of eight primates look to their silverback, Jock, for leadership and reassurance. But moving him at the same time as his harem of three females and their children – each weighing between 13.4kg and 184kg – is no straightforward task.
