Little Joe, the Franklin Park Zoo gorilla who became famous for the way he escaped one September afternoon in 2003, only to be captured at a nearby MBTA bus stop, is being transferred to another facility where he will hopefully start a gorilla family of his own, the zoo announced today. Per a breeding recommendation by the Gorilla Species Survival Plan (SSP), in the coming months, Little Joe, age 33, will move to another institution accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Zoo New England is an active participant in the Gorilla SSP, which is a cooperative, inter-zoo program coordinated through AZA. SSPs help to ensure the survival of selected species in zoos and aquariums, most of which are threatened or endangered and to enhance conservation of these species in the wild. ... Per the SSP recommendations, Franklin Park Zoo will also welcome two young gorillas later this spring, one of which is Moke, age 8, from Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.…