ByVictoria GillScience correspondent
In 2015, a young male gorilla named Jojo took his first tentative steps onto grass.
Until that moment, the 11-year-old ape had spent almost his entire life in a tiny cage at a private zoo in Gabon, after being taken from the wild as an infant. His family had been killed by the poachers who took him.
More than a decade later, Jojo is settled into a sanctuary – but he still lives alone. He hasn’t had a family since he was taken, or indeed any gorilla friends.
Jojo’s carers at
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