On December 22, 1956, a gorilla was born in captivity for the first time ever. The place was the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, and Colo, as she was named by the zoo staff, weighed approximately 4 pounds. She is a western lowland gorilla whose parents were brought from French Cameroon, Africa in 1951. Colo was raised by zookeepers in a nursery as her mother rejected her. Since that time, zoos have been able to create better environments so that mother gorillas can raise their young. Colo is still alive today and is now a great-grandmother.
