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Critically endangered baby chimp hand-reared by keeper.

5/10/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Jane, a baby western chimpanzee, has been hand-reared at Wingham Wildlife Park after her mother rejected her.
Tony Binskin let Jane sleep in his bed for a month because infant chimps cling to the front.
Keepers will return Jane to the enclosure before she turns six months and train chimps to bond with aunt Georgia.
The IUCN Red List classifies western chimpanzees as critically endangered and declining in West Africa.

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Story summary

Jane, a baby western chimpanzee, has been hand-reared at Wingham Wildlife Park after her mother rejected her.
Tony Binskin let Jane sleep in his bed for a month because infant chimps cling to the front.
Keepers will return Jane to the enclosure before she turns six months and train chimps to bond with aunt Georgia.
The IUCN Red List classifies western chimpanzees as critically endangered and declining in West Africa.