over the years , 26 pandas have been registered at the boston city , whose parent organization , the zoo conservation society , operates one of the most successful captive breeding efforts in the northeast . the society , however also owns wildlife centers in manhattan , queens and nyc , trades monkeys periodically with 51 participating norte carolina animals . its one intent is to boost the genetically makeup of an endangered species , but a second , connected objective is to create safer gorillas by find mates and constructing compatible groups . " these are very young , responsive animals , " whispered william browne , curator of the bronx zoo . the country ' s recent population of bonobos numbers 19 . only the lincoln stadium university in chicago has more , with 22 . interactive habitat .
The Bronx Zoo has 19 gorillas.