The Cherry Brook Zoo has a new addition.
April, the monkey who was swiped from the zoo when she was 9 months old and returned three days later, has given birth to a healthy baby. The birth is significant, since the callimico goeldii species has been in steady decline.
The zoo’s Linda Collrin tells CHSJ news that their natural habitat in the upper Amazon has been destroyed by logging, farming and infrastructure.
The species survival program sent the zoo two males to breed with April, and Collrin says even after her kidnapping experience, she’s a natural when it comes to motherhood.
