Zoos are just prisons for animals . . . The teaching value isn't any greater than an online video. Evey worse, taxpayer subsidized spending for zoos is often misguided and haphazard. Notice that poor planning has sprawled the KC Zoo out into hike that keeps most seniors away.
Accordingly . . . Here's a sad occasion worth consideration . . .
"Curtis gave his illness a great fight and will be dearly missed by his Zoo family," a release from the Zoo said.
He arrived to Kansas City with his brother Charlie in March 2020. The KC Zoo says that Curtis "won the hearts of everyone that met him" and that he was "easy-going and inquisitive."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Kansas City Zoo mourns death of 'Curtis the gorilla'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its gorillas after it was euthanized due to congestive heart failure on Oct. 1, the zoo announced Monday. Curtis, the western lowland gorilla, lived to be 28-years-old.
Kansas City Zoo mourns death of popular gorilla
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Zoo is mourning the death of a beloved Western lowland gorilla. "Curtis" passed away from congestive heart failure at the age of 28. His death on Oct. 1 came a year after receiving a blood transfusion from his brother, Charlie.
Well-loved 28-year-old Kansas City Zoo gorilla euthanized after fight with congestive heart failure
The Kansas City Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its Western lowland gorillas - one in a pair of brothers that arrived at the zoo in 2020.Zoo officials said in a news release that 28-year-old gorilla Curtis had to be euthanized on Oct. 1 after a fight with congestive heart failure.
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