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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Robyn Vinter

Chimpanzee born at Chester zoo offers ‘real hope’ for world’s rarest subspecies

Mother ZeeZee with the recently born western chimpanzee.
Mother ZeeZee with the recently born western chimpanzee. Photograph: Chester Zoo

Conservationists are celebrating the birth of the “world’s rarest chimpanzee” at a UK zoo.

Chester zoo has welcomed the arrival of the male critically endangered western or west African chimpanzee, which was delivered after an eight-month pregnancy.

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