Perth Zoo’s white-cheeked gibbon Jermei seen for first time since suffering loss of sixth child
On a cold, wet Wednesday morning, one of the rare animals of the Perth Zoo rose to the air for the first time in three weeks.
Along with his daughter Lulani and Mate ski, the white -cheeked Gibbon Jermei seemed to embrace the freedom he has taken since his tragedy.
Last month, 22 -year -old Primat lost the sixth child shortly after birth.
Gynecologists made a caesarean section to give the baby the chance to survive; And even though the baby had a slight heartbeat at birth, he died soon.
And because of the surgery, a fragile Jermei’s family had to stay away from the familiarity.
Primat goalkeeper Nene Haggar said that Jermei’s healing was forced to be with two residents because he wanted to be with Gibbon.
However, the primate pair said that there was a risk of accidentally lifting stitches during grooming, so they were slowly re -introduced under the careful eyes of the zoo team.
“We had to keep him apart, and he didn’t like it at all. He found it really compelling,” Haggar said.
“When you have a C section, they just want you to be very active and just sit down-with this Gibbons. Naturally, they just wonder and want to play and want to walk around.
“Since Jermei has made a really good progress in healing, we wanted to see how to have full access to the whole field.”
And finally, on Wednesday, he was able to explore the new open Gibbon exhibition of the zoo for the first time, wandering around the storage and hanging from the ropes before sitting on the ground before he paused last month.
Jermei had five successful pregnancy, the youngest of his six -year -old Lulani still lives with him.
Previously, there were reproductive difficulties, including a dead birth last year, and Mrs Haggar said that Jermei was the last in the reproductive program this year.
“This would be his last opportunity, and then we decided that it would be the best to let him live his life and now, since he had complications and difficulties,” he said.
White -cheeked Gibbon is under critical danger and one of the most rare primates in the world is part of a global reproductive program to enlarge the number of Perth zoo residents.
So far, in the last 35 years, 11 white cheeks have been born.
