The Fort Worth Zoo said the baby girl was successfully delivered via emergency cesarean about four to six weeks early on Jan. 5.
FORT WORTH, Texas — After being born prematurely and enduring two failed surrogacy attempts, Fort Worth Zoo officials shared Friday that its baby gorilla Jameela would be transferred to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo to continue her surrogacy journey. -- but the first gorilla to be born via C-section.
Following testing to support a preeclampsia diagnosis, zoo veterinarians intervened immediately, and JameelaAfter her birth, Fort Worth Zoo officials tried reuniting Jameela and Sekani numerous times, but unfortunately the 33-year-old gorilla showed little interest in caring for her baby. After Sekani showed disinterest, the zoo then turned to surrogacy training with a 24-year-old female gorilla named Gracie, but, the"surrogacy training with her has slowed and unfortunately, the progress we were needing to see has not been observed."
The Fort Worth Zoo announced Friday that the decision was made to transfer Jameela to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, where zookeepers there will make every effort to successfully integrate Jameela into their gorilla troop.
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