I-Berlin Zoo ibhiyozela usuku lokuzalwa luka-Fatou igorila iminyaka engama-67. Ngoyena mdala ehlabathini, ibango lezoo.
UFatou wazalwa ngo-1957 waza weza kwi-zoo eyayiyi-West Berlin ngo-1959. Ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe ngokusemthethweni ngoMgqibelo, abagcini bamphatha kwiziqhamo kunye nemifuno. Ugqirha wezilwanyana u-Andre Schule uthe awukho omnye umyezo wezilwanyana onegorila endala kunoFatou. Ngokutsho kwakhe, iigorila ziphila ukuya kutsho kwiminyaka engama-35 endle ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka engama-50 phantsi kokhathalelo lomntu. Nangona kunjalo, owona mhla wokuzalwa kukaFatou awaziwa.
“Emva kweminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo umatiloshe onxilileyo wasebenzisa igorila encinane njengendlela yokuhlawula kwindawo yentengiso yaseMarseille, eFransi, ekugqibeleni yaphelela kuMyezo wezilwanyana waseBerlin,” watyhila watsho lo myezo wezilwanyana. Ukufika kwayo eBerlin ngo-1959, oogqirha bezilwanyana bavavanya iminyaka Uneminyaka emibini ubudala. Kwiminyaka emininzi, i-zoo ibibhiyozela usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa ngo-Aprili 13.
UFatou uhlala kwindawo yakhe ebiyelweyo kwaye, ebudaleni bakhe, ukhetha ukugcina umgama wakhe kwezinye iigorila kumyezo wezilwanyana.
Ifoto yekeyiki yosuku lokuzalwa lukaFatou: “Isiseko sekeyiki senziwe ngerayisi, esiyihombise ngequark, imifuno kunye neziqhamo,” utshilo intloko yecandelo uChristian Aust.
Ulwazi oluthe vetshe ngesi sihloko lunokufumaneka ku: www.zoo-berlin.de/en/species-conservation/at-the-zoo.
