Brookfield Zoo to welcome first bachelor gorilla troop this summer

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BROOKFIELD, Ill. — A couple of bachelors will soon call Brookfield Zoo their home.

Shango and Barney are adult western lowland gorillas, or silverbacks, coming to Brookfield from Miami. The brothers will form the first-ever bachelor troop at the zoo.

Bachelor troops are made up of younger males who have left their family troop or adult males who haven’t formed one.

“These social troops help foster critical skills and relationships, contributing

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