chimp

ASHEBORO – Earlier this month the North Carolina Zoo welcomed a newborn chimp. The baby girl still needs a name. NC Zoo’s troop now consists of 17 chimpanzees – females Gigi, Amy, Ebi, Gari, Genie (the mother of the new chimp), Gerre, Ruby, Tammy, Asha and the new infant; males – Jonathan, Lance, Sokoto, Kendall, Gus and Obi and the new infant. The North Carolina Zoo Society members will vote on the baby chimpanzee’s name in the upcoming weeks. The newest baby has been active and nursing, according to Zoo officials. “Genie is doing so well being a first-time mom,”…