Jojo

Alone for Years, Jojo the Gorilla Faces a Delicate Search for Companionship

Jojo, a gorilla poached as an infant and raised in captivity, has spent much of his life without the company of other gorillas, a condition that animal welfare advocates say carries deep behavioural and psychological costs. His keepers now want to find him a companion, but the effort is complicated by questions of safety, social compatibility and the long-term welfare of an animal whose life has been shaped by human intervention.