Offspring
As in the wild, the fate of Charles' offspring would be that once they reached maturity they would have to find another family to live with. This is to prevent inbreeding with the females and suppress the violent tactics of maturing blackback males interested in challenging their fathers for control of the group. His daughter Sekani (born 1990) now lives in Arkansas at the Little Rock Zoo. His son Jomo (born 1991) now resides at the Cincinnati Zoo. Both Jomo and Sekani are parents to two boys. His third adult son Subira resides at a Quebec Zoo. He also has four younger offspring, Johari (female, born 2001), Shalia (female, born 2002), Sadiki (male, born 2005), and Nassir (male, born September 2, 2009) living with him at the Toronto Zoo.
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