Our beloved ground-dwelling herbivorous apes at the Amnéville zoo in France

The European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) is the most intensive type of population management that makes recommendations each year on which animals to breed or not breed, which individual animals should go from one zoo to another or on breeding loans, and so on.

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FRANCE, Amnéville : Ya Kwanza, a silverback gorilla male, stands in his enclosure "Gorilla's Camp" at the Amnéville zoo, eastern France, on April 04, 2012. Ya Kwanza arrived with seven other gorillas from other western zoos, as part of the European breeding of Endangered species Programme (EEP) to promote their breeding.

Photos: Reuters