1 Nov 2022

Paediatric doctors step in to save newborn gorilla

From Checkpoint, 5:52 pm on 1 November 2022

A team of doctors specialising in caring for new newborn humans has stepped in to save a baby gorilla.

The newborn gorilla had a rough start to life at Mogo Wildlife park in New South Wales.

Mum needed surgery after the birth but before that could happen the father had swooped in and scooped up the baby.

That's not how it usually works in the Gorilla world and it meant the newborn was not being fed for several hours.

Zookeeper Chad Staples explains the little guy had developed some serious complications too.