Hasani was bottle-fed by keepers for seven months but is now being reared by a surrogateHasani the western lowland gorilla has been hand-reared by zoo keepers after his mother, Kala, struggled to look after him. After seven months of bottle feeding he now has a surrogate mother at the gorilla enclosure of Bristol Zoo Gardens. Two months ago keepers reintroduced him to his mother but Lynsey Bugg, curator of mammals, said she was still unable to cope. The zoo then turned to 16-year-old Kera to see if she could take on the role of mother. Keepers watched on TV monitors, ready to

Source: The Times May 24, 2021 23:00 UTC