Choomba

Choomba is a Western Lowland Gorilla currently residing at Zoo Atlanta, which she moved to in the 1980s with fellow gorillas, Shamba and Ozoum. Shamba and Choomba have been referred to affectionately as “The Golden Girls and were close friends of each other until the former’s death in 2017. She was one of earliest gorillas as Zoo Atlanta and helped to to establish the large colony gorillas who currently reside there. She is currently one of the oldest living gorillas in the world, after Fatou, Helen, Ozoum and Old Bob and likely the third oldest gorilla in America after Helen and Ozoum.

Choomba was euthanized on January 13, 2022 at the age of 59 after she had been in a period of declining health.