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statisticalcats2 · 8 months ago

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Fort Worth Zoo has hit a bit of a hurdle in Jameela's rearing because the female they had hoped would be a surrogate mother for her just isn't interested enough so they're now focusing on another female in the troop.

There are people commenting on the above update making comments about like giving Jameela to Zookeeper Chad which is super annoying but there is a special type of humor in seeing this when I'm still so sure that Fort Worth Zoo had a subtle, plausibly deniable dig at Zookeeper Chad and Mogo Zoo in one of their initial posts about hand-rearing Jameela fgyeuiud

Anyway, the keepers at Fort Worth Zoo are doing great for Jameela and I have no additional worry for her future.

#statisticalcats gorillas #statisticalcats zoo blogging #zookeeper chad negative #mogo zoo negative #jameela's already crossed some baby milestones and the re-introduction process is going at a good pace despite the initial surrogate option #not working out #it kills me a little inside when i see fort worth zoo describe things as going slow #because they're REALLY not #they've done so much more in this amount of time than mogo zoo ever did #(also i think the surrogate mother mogo zoo chose for baby kaius also isn't showing the proper amount of interest to be a very good option #and they've already wasted SO MUCH time catering to the media and parading kaius around away from other gorillas #while fort worth zoo is still so much earlier in the process and realizing they're on the wrong path and changing plans #and actually doing what's best for jameela #and paying attention to her needs rather than using her as some pr prop #so anyway yeah no this baby's staying here #if she needs to go to another zoo she'll be going to another aza accredited zoo #not being sent overseas especially not to someone who is LESS qualified)#ok rant over gfyeiuhodi

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statisticalcats2 · 7 months ago

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Me talking to the mental projections of Mogo Zoo and Zookeeper Chad in my head as I watch the latest video update on Jameela's hand-rearing/surrogacy journey like "wasn't that moment cute where the zookeeper in the GORILLA VEST handed Jameela over to the other zookeeper in the GORILLA VEST"

#statisticalcats zoo blogging #statisticalcats gorillas #zookeeper chad negative #mogo zoo negative #for context: gorilla vests are vests with fringe that zookeepers often wear when they have to hand-rear a baby gorilla #they help the babies learn to grip like they would be doing if they were with mom #baby gorillas grip onto their mom's hair as they're carried #so it's an important skill for them to develop #one of the problems i and other people have with the way mogo zoo has handled hand-rearing baby kaius #is apparently never making use of any sort of gorilla vest #fort worth zoo and now cleveland metroparks zoo sharing videos about jameela's journey #gives you such a clear look at how off poor kaius's journey has been #jameela acts so much more like a typical gorilla baby than kaius #because the zookeepers did all they could to raise her AS A GORILLA BABY #and it's going to make her integration into a troop so much easier #gorilla vests may seem like a small thing #but right now they're feeling like the big symbol of awareness and care about teaching baby gorillas how to be GORILLAS #even when human intervention is needed

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statisticalcats2 · 9 months ago

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Shout-out to the people with like Zookeeper Chad PTSD in the comment sections of Forth Worth Zoo's posts about their premature baby gorilla who will be needing a surrogate. (Potential surrogate mom's already been announced and baby is already being taught important gorilla skills like clinging to mom by the zookeepers hand-rearing her for the time being because AZA accredited zoos actually have good hand-rearing and surrogacy protocols and programs for gorillas.)

#statisticalcats zoo blogging #zookeeper chad negative

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