Mother’s love for new Chester Zoo arrival
A bouncing baby chimpanzee is a new arrival at one of the UK largest zoos.
Western chimpanzee Mandy has given birth to the new baby at Chester Zoo.
Forty-three-year-old Mandy, who already has one daughter and two granddaughters, gave birth on August 21.
Keepers at the zoo will wait for several months for the new addition to gain the confidence to explore independently before they can discover their sex.
The Western chimpanzee is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Chester Zoo conservation population is vital to the future of the subspecies.
Following government guidance in England, visitors must wear a face covering in all indoor spaces at the zoo, including in shops, takeaway food outlets and animal houses, with the exception of children under 11 years and those with medical or other exemptions.
Chester Zoo is a zoo at Upton by Chester, in Cheshire, England. It was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family and is one of the UK’s largest zoos at 51 hectares. The zoo has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares
