over the summer , 26 baboons have been born at the american university , whose parent organization , the wildlife conservation society , runs one of the most successful gorilla breeding programmes in the country . the society , which also operates wildlife programs in chicago , queens and brooklyn , trades gorillas periodically with 51 participating native american zoos . its first objective is to increase the genetic makeup of an endangered bird , but a then , related object is to breed happier baboons by gaining parents and constructing similar groups . " these are very important , sensitive animals , " said james doherty , curator of the bronx zoological . the zoo ' s current census of gorillas numbers 19 . only the lincoln park center in chicago has more , with 22 . electronic sanctuary .
The Bronx Zoo has 19 gorillas.