Old Bob

Old Bob (born 8th September 1961) is silverback western lowland gorilla currently living in Margate, England, owned by private collector, Mark Treacy. Old Bob was born on the 8th September 1961 in Surrey, England as part of the private collection of Richard Cliffton-Smyth. He was the first gorilla to be born in a private collection in Surrey and stayed with Cliffton-Smyth until 1981, when was sold to Alfred Harrison who kept Old Bob in his private collection until 2004, when he sold Old Bob to Mark Treacy, a private collector in Margate, Kent, England. Old Bob still lives at 14 Westbrook Road, Margate and became the the third oldest living known gorilla in the world after the death of Trudy on the 24th July 2019. He is also the sixth oldest known gorilla ever, behind Fatou, Trudy, Helen, Colo and Goma. Until 2018, Nico Who was one year younger than Old Bob was the oldest living gorilla residing in British Zoo as Old Bob is owned by a private collector.

Contact details we have for Mr Treacy are as follows 07855109106.