The Fort Worth Zoo will transfer a baby gorilla out of Texas after surrogacy efforts failed.
started the year with the historic birth of a baby gorilla born via emergency C-section after preeclampsia threatened the life of her mother."She has had other offspring in the past and was an excellent mom.
Only on 5, there is a bittersweet update. Surrogacy training with two other female gorillas has ended. Next week, Jameela will be transferred to another zoo. "It's going to be difficult. Just like you've had children who've graduated and gone off to start their own lives, it kind of feels the same. It's like you know it's the right decision for them. You're excited. You're a little disappointed that she's not gonna stay with you but you know, she's gonna have excellent care," said Stephanie Crowson, the zoo's associate mammal curator.
The baby, born January 5 and weighing just three pounds, is now up to eight pounds and achieving all the things she's supposed to be doing at this stage. But she is now cared for solely by humans. Someone is with her 24 hours a day, seven days a week. She is never alone, out of sight, or out of reach."Very hard. Very hard," a tearful Holmes told NBC5."It's gonna be tough but this is what we've wanted. We're here for our animals. And what's best for her has got to be what's best for us, too. So she always be a fabric of the Fort Worth Zoo and she's definitely part of who I am as a person and as a keeper.
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