Overview
- New footage posted by an urban explorer shows gorillas tapping the glass at the shuttered Clifton site, with the filmer claiming they walked in through staff doors and spent hours inside.
- Bristol Zoological Society says security has been increased after repeated trespasses that trigger alarms and distress the troop, and it urges the public not to share fact‑free videos that encourage break‑ins.
- Keepers state the eight western lowland gorillas remain under their regular care with access to indoor areas, regulated temperatures and daytime outdoor access limited for safety following intrusions.
- Zookeepers rebut claims the animals look “miserable,” explaining that gorilla facial expressions differ from humans and warning that trespassers pose risks to people and animals.
- The troop is scheduled to relocate in a few months to the Bristol Zoo Project’s African Forest habitat near Cribbs Causeway, which the zoo says will be about four and a half times larger and modeled on Equatorial Guinea forest.