An infant gorilla that has been hand-reared at a UK zoo now has a surrogate mother. Western lowland gorilla Hasani, who was born in August last year at Bristol Zoo Gardens, was cared for by keepers after his birth mother, Kala, struggled to look after him. Two months ago, keepers reintroduced him to his mother hoping that she would be able to care for him. But she was so ill that another gorilla, Romina, became a surrogate mother to Afia. “She has seen several other females rear their youngsters and so had a good foundation on which to build on.

Source: Irish Independent May 20, 2021 13:25 UTC