{"id":5735,"date":"2013-03-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2013\/03\/15\/man-reunites-with-gorilla-he-released-to-wild-after-5-years-apart\/"},"modified":"2013-03-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T09:00:00","slug":"man-reunites-with-gorilla-he-released-to-wild-after-5-years-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/15\/man-reunites-with-gorilla-he-released-to-wild-after-5-years-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"After 5 years apart, man reunites with gorilla he released into wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5734\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/66f461a82eb04828d9f9f9abb89cb004.jpg\" alt=\"Marvin Owens \/ U.S. Postal Service\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Damian Aspinall and Kwibi - \"Reunited and it feels so good\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"325\" \/>\n<p>Damian Aspinall, a British conservationist, raised a young gorilla named Kwibi since he was an infant at Howletts Wild Animal Park in England.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>When Kwibi reached the age of 5, Damian released him into the wild in Gabon, West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Damian&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspinallfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Aspinall Foundation&#8221;<\/a> has been releasing captive gorillas back into the wild in West Africa for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Five years after Kwibi was released, Damian went back to Gabon to see if he could find his old friend.\u00a0 The short video is very touching!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gorilla Reunion: Damian Aspinall&#039;s Extraordinary Gorilla Encounter on Gorilla School\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZ-bJFVJ2P0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s what&#8217;s good,<br \/>Jon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damian Aspinall, a British conservationist, raised a young gorilla named Kwibi since he was an infant at Howletts Wild Animal Park in England.\u00a0 When Kwibi reached the age of 5, Damian released him into the wild in Gabon, West Africa. 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