Timbo

Timbo (1962 - 30th August 2011) was a Western Lowland Gorilla who resided at Dallas Zoo from 1991 until her death. At the time of her death, she was believed to be the eighth oldest gorilla in the United States. She was born in the wild in 1962. She resided at the Fresno Chafee Zoo, Fresno, California, U.S from her removal from the wild until her relocation to Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas, U.S on the 3rd April 1991. In 2009, Timbo underwent a successful cataract operation performed by a ophthalmologist at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. On the 30th August 2011, she was anaesthetised to perform a dentistry procedure, however she failed to recover from the anaesthesia and the zoo declared that she had died whilst undergoing the procedure. She was a favourite of many keepers and volunteers who found it difficult to cope with her death.

At the time of her death, she was thought to be the eighth oldest gorilla in the United States, after Colo, Trudy, Vila, Helen, Shamba, Ozoum and another gorilla.