Eyare, a 2-year-old western lowland gorilla, died last week after being struck in the head by a hydraulic door a staff member accidentally activated, the zoo said in a statement Wednesday. The worker was trying to separate Eyare from other members of the gorilla troop for a solo training session.

A Calgary Zoo staff member mistakenly activated a door that struck the western lowland gorilla named Eyare, a report found.

The death of a 2-year-old female western lowland gorilla named Eyare at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo has been ruled an accident caused by human error, the zoo announced on Wednesday.

Jet is the first Asian elephant born at the Saint Louis Zoo through artificial insemination, and his birth marks the fourth generation of the zoo's elephant family, said Tim Thier, the director of the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Asian Elephant Conservation.

The Saint Louis Zoo has announced the birth of a male Asian elephant calf that was born on Saturday, November 23rd, 2024, at 4:32 a.m. The calf was named Jet by their Elephant Care team. The Zoo’s 17-year-old Asian elephant,

Jet, a male Asian elephant calf, was born at the St. Louis Zoo about 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Photo by Lexie Buchanan, courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo.