This undated photo provided by the Cleveland Metroparks shows a female gorilla named Kebi Moya. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo received a female gorilla named Fredrika from Florida's Zoo Miami and Kebi Moya, from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio, selected to join the Cleveland zoo's male silverback gorilla named Mokolo in the hope of creating a new troop. (Grahm S. Jones/Columbus Zoo and Aquarium/Cleveland Metroparks Zoo via AP)

Zoo hopes news gorillas will form ‘troop’ as in the wild

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has received two female gorillas from other zoos in an effort to create a new troop mirroring those in the wild.

Zoo officials say the females are 43-year-old Fredrika (fred-REEK’-uh) from Florida’s Zoo Miami and 26-year-old Kebi Moya (KAY’-bee MOY’-uh) from Ohio’s Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

They two arrived several months ago and have bonded. They are now getting to know Mokolo (muh-KO’-low), the zoo’s 30-year-old male silverback.

Zoo officials say the two females were selected based on their social experiences and behaviours to form a social group with Mokolo.

The zoo hopes to introduce the troop to the public in the coming weeks.

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