HUGE Baby News! Baby Chimp!

Binti, a 37-year-old chimpanzee, gave birth on Friday, April 22, to a healthy female. Binti experienced some complications with the birth and needed medical intervention to address a retained placenta. Thanks to the quick action of her caretakers and the veterinary team from the UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Binti is recovering well. While she is getting her strength back, the infant is being cared for round-the-clock by the Great Apes team and is healthy and thriving.

Chimpanzees are an Endangered species, and being driven to extinction by habitat loss, disease, and their biggest threat, illegal poaching. Zoo Knoxville is working in partnership with 32 other zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to ensure a healthy population remains as hope for the future.

We’ll be updating on their progress, including when the new infant may be on view to the public, frequently over the next few weeks so please check back for the latest news!

[debbiebrownstein]

The infants are so much like humans. So innocent and adorable.

[misstree]

Oh my goodness her lil baby is so precious! We hope that mom & baby will be together soon. A huge thank you to all who take care of these incredible chimpanzees.

[maryegarrett]

Amazing. Such a beautiful and precious baby chimpanzee. Glad that mommy and baby are both doing well and will hopefully be back together soon. Great job to all the staff.

[paulhall]

He is a cute baby chimp. Hopefully he will join mum soon.

[Liz_]

🥰. Thanks for all your work to help mom and baby👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻❤️

[secretariatgirl]

So lucky to have both mom and baby doing well!! Congrats!!!!

[FoggyDay]

Sweet baby and mom. May you have a wonderful life together! ❤️

[rolanmyers-wepz]

Thank you for not playing music in your videos.

[Mr.Thermistor]

the way they man handle that baby and its just flopping around in their hands i was dying

[michellesmith]

You are amazing very lucky to have people like you fighting the good fight to keep these wonderful friends a part of the future ✌️✌️❤️❤️

[mjax]

Amazing how the other female chimps help take the baby so mom can heal or do her thing. Smart. Ensures the baby doesn’t die with mom in the wild should things go south.

[shellos]

Congrats on your new baby chimp. Hopefully mom will be fully able and willing to care for her new baby very soon. Great job taking care of them both in the meantime.

[marysmith]

Baby is adorable! Hope it all works out well for Mom and baby. Congrats to all!

[theresavalore]

Beautiful thank you to the wonderful staff ❤️..

[scottjackson]

that little strong grip is something, mother nature is so amazing!!

[carolinejayes]

Beautiful, thankyou for your hard work, we want more chimpanzees.

[acm]

Hope that Mom and baby will be reunited so she can care for her little peanut!! I understand we humans reacted in what they thought was best, but he should have been returned to mom after checking him over and giving him some colostrum!! Mom looks to be a mature female that has probably had other babies.

[jimterryh]

Excellent news. New baby and mother are well ❣️

[manaawe]

Your Adorable mommy 😘
Congratulations 🎊🎉
On your Angel 👼🏻 Baby 👶
🙏 Pray Healthy n Long Life
Together 🤗😘 Aloha From Hawaii 🙋🏻🙏😘

[joanpetts]

God bless them both and hope and pray everything goes well ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤