Zuri the gorilla delivered some much-needed good publicity for the Calgary Zoo yesterday: a new baby.
After a week during which the zoo has made headlines across the country over the mysterious deaths of 40 rays, Zuri's little bundle of joy was welcome news.
The birth was especially good news for Zuri, a Western Lowland gorilla who suffered the loss of a previous baby in August 2006. That infant gorilla lived only 12 days because Zuri's half-sister took the baby from her, but had no milk to nurse it.
Back then, Zuri was the lowest-ranking gorilla in the troop and lacked the confidence to grab her child back.
Now, it's an entirely different story.
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