A Burning Desire
He said, “You have to understand that when he died, there was no money in the bank and these parks were losing £4m a year. Now we have to find £10m a year. I can see why the other family members didn’t want to be involved. My brother and sister had no interest in animals, but I was compelled to do it.”
Raising Gorillas
Damian lent a hand at the zoo when he was growing up. He formed bonds with the gorillas he helped raise, but there were two male gorillas he was particularly close to: Ima and Dialta. He explained, “Both of the gorillas were planned to be moved back into the wild in a protected habitat.”