March 26, 2009 The MRI was provided by The Brain Tumor
Foundation, which sent a 48-foot-long moveable MRI facility to
the zoo. Overseen by vets, zookeepers, and various medical
personnel, the scan revealed that Fubo had a lesion on his left
temporal lobe of his brain. Currently, the cause is unknown, but
the scan showed that the problem is inoperable, however the zoo
staff continue to treat the gorilla with medication. Dr.
Stephanie B. James holds Fubo’s breathing tube steady as he is
transported to the Bobby Murcer Mobile MRI Unit. Image Credit:
Julie Larsen Maher © WCS. WCS veterinary staff and technicians
from the Brain Tumor Foundation and other groups perform an MRI
of a gorilla. Image Credit: Julie Larsen Maher © WCS. Fubo is
one of two adult males at the Bronx Zoo's Congo Gorilla Forest
exhibit, which houses a total of 20 gorillas. The western
lowland gorilla is a subspecies of the lowland gorilla.
Critically-endangered, the western lowland gorilla has an
estimated 150,000-200,000 individuals in the wi