Dr. Hannah Arens, the Sedgwick County Zoo's director of animal health, made a call to several local surgeons after young ...
Alitzeti is recovering quickly. The 2-year-old chimpanzee needed surgery that included a toe amputation following an ...
The 2-year-old had to have a toe amputated and reconstructive foot surgery after the altercation with another chimp.
The zoo said 2-year-old Alizeti was injured during a scuffle with Moshi, her troop's alpha male, when she wouldn't come out into the chimp's shared space.
“One of the main findings is that all chimpanzee kids are risky, and that infant and juvenile chimpanzees are even more risky ...