A rare chimpanzee born at Chester Zoo is offering hope for the critically endangered species.
Older sister, Stevie gives mum ZeeZee a helping hand with the new baby boyAs few as just 18,000 Western chimpanzees remain across Africa and it is the first subspecies of chimpanzee to ever be declared critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature .
Staff at the zoo have revealed that the new male arrival is in good health and has spent the first few weeks of life bonding with mum and the rest of the 22-strong troop. "A birth always creates a lot of excitement in the group and raising a youngster soon becomes a real extended family affair.
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