Bristol Zoo WOW! Gorillas - Endangered PJs

Bristol Zoo WOW Gorillas project commemorates Bristol Zoo Gardens' 175th birthday. This blog is about Frances Cony's design ENDANGERED PJs. Her gorilla Bert is wearing pyjamas decorated with endangered animals. The 60 gorillas (63 now with the addition of Doris,Rafiki & King Kong Merrily on High) were around Bristol from 6 July - 7 September. 20 were at Queens Walk, More London from 16-23 September. ENDANGERED PJs was on the Bristol-Bath cyclepath at Bitton Station.

Friday, 2 December 2011

WOW! Gorilla badges available now

Available from Bristol Zoo for £1

Chocolate!!!!

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Belated posting of Auction Prices

Friday, 4 November 2011

Spooky Bert - Hallowe'en 2011

Photo © Burges Salmon

Bert is getting into the swing of things at Burges Salmon, his new home. He's living near the café and has his own security pass.

Sunday, 23 October 2011

Bert at Burges Salmon

Friday, 14 October 2011

Photos of the Gorilla Auction

See here for photos of the gorillas and BBC's Points West's Alex Lovell. Photos taken by the auctioneers Hollis Morgan.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Bert arrives at Burges Salmon

Bert arrived at his new home at Burges Salmon on Monday afternoon.

He must've been anticipating his new home when he got the gift bag dropped off on Friday...!

Despite the jolly pyjamas the gorilla (Bert) is to wear, this gorilla design is meant to illustrate how some of our planet's most recognisable species - as well as lots of lesser known ones - are in danger of dying out.

Red is for danger and is also for the Red List of endangered species produced by IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature), which is why I chose to make the background red...it also looks good!

Why I chose pyjamas is to do with the euphemism 'going to sleep' meaning dying.

At the time I made the design (January 2011), the animals featured on the pyjamas were either Critically Endangered: Bactrian Camel, Black Rhino, Vaquita, Orinoco Crocodile; Endangered: Blue Whale, Chimpanzee, Asian Elephant, Giant Panda, Tiger, Grevy's Zebra, Tasmanian Devil, Malayan Tapir; or Vulnerable: African Elephant. The Mountain Gorilla is also Critically Endangered.

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