Hand-Reared Baby Gorilla Gets Surrogate Mom After Birth Mother Struggles to Care For Him

Hand-Reared Baby Gorilla Gets Surrogate Mom After Birth Mother Struggles to Care For Him
Courtesy of Jordan Jones/Bristol Zoo Gardens
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An infant gorilla, hand-reared by keepers after his mother struggled to care for him, has been adopted by a surrogate mom.

Western lowland gorilla Hasani was born at Bristol Zoo Gardens in western England in August 2020. Yet keepers quickly realized that his birth mother, Kala, couldn’t manage him.