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Baby gorilla dies at Calgary zoo

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/story.html?id=5c9189b3-4c91-4a76-861a-6abc7a9aa3ad&k=16592

Reuters
Published: Saturday, August 19, 2006 

CALGARY, Alberta -- A two-week-old gorilla has died at a Canadian zoo after her mother's nursing routine was disrupted by other females and feedings by staff failed to maintain the baby's strength, zoo officials said on Friday.

The gorilla died late Thursday after females in the Calgary Zoo's gorilla troop took her away from her mother three times after she was born, creating stress for both the mother, named Zuri, and the newborn, whose energy was sapped, veterinarian Sandie Black said.

Supplemental feedings by zoo staff helped with nutrition but added to both gorillas' anxiety, Black told reporters.

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