Jameela was delivered by an emergency cesarean section in January, and attempts to integrate the baby gorilla into the troop have failed.
A baby gorilla born at the Fort Worth Zoo will be moved to Cleveland after being rejected by its mother and surrogates.Jameela, who was delivered by an emergency cesarean section in January, is expected to be brought to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo next week.The zoo says staff members saw signs that the mother, Sekani, was showing symptoms of preeclampsia. The team had to scramble to save the life of Sekani and the baby.
Follow up attempts to train other gorillas to serve as a surrogate mother to Jameela also failed.The Fort Worth Zoo says Cleveland was chosen because they have a female gorilla with proven surrogate experience."While we hoped for a different outcome – one that includes Jameela fully integrated into our troop – our main goal has always been that Jameela is raised by gorillas," the zoo said in a statement posted to social media.
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