Baby chimpanzee moves to new home and surrogate mom

May 8, 2015

Baby chimpanzee moves to new home and surrogate mom

Denise Sanders 0 Comment Maryland, Nation, The Baltimore Sun

A baby chimpanzee, Keeva, was born at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore to a mother that was not taking care of her. She has been placed with a surrogate chimpanzee at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo.

: Keeva is held by Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Dr. Anne Rivas, a Maryland Zoo in Baltimore veterinarian, checks on the health of Keeva, a chimpanzee born two weeks ago at the zoo, as Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager, holds the chimp. The baby is held for 24 hours a day, just as her mother would. Keeva was removed from her mother, Carole, who was not taking care of her. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, holds Keeva, a chimpanzee born two weeks ago at the zoo as Dr. Anne Rivas, a Maryland Zoo in Baltimore veterinarian, checks on the health of the chimp. MacNamara is on an eight hour shift caring for the chimp. The baby is held for 24 hours a day, just as her mother would. Keeva was removed from her mother, Carole, who was not taking care of her. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara holds Keeva as Dr. Anne Rivas checks on the health of the chimp. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Dr. Anne Rivas watches Keeva move around as Claire MacNamara readjusts the fake fur vest she is wearing. Rivas is checking on the health of the chimp. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara bottle feeds Keeva while wearing a fake fur vest that Keeva can grab on to. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Keeva, a chimpanzee born two weeks ago at the zoo, rests in the arms of Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager, after bottle feeding. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Keeva, a chimpanzee born two weeks ago at the zoo, rests in the arms of Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager, after bottle feeding. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager, holds Keeva, a chimpanzee born two weeks ago at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Keeva is held by Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager, holds Keeva, a chimpanzee born two weeks ago at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. MacNamara, wearing a fake fur vest that Keeva can grab on to, is on an eight hour shift of continuously holding her. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager, holds Keeva, a chimpanzee born two weeks ago at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. MacNamara, wearing a fake fur vest that Keeva can grab on to, is on an eight hour shift of continuously holding her. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara looks down at Keeva as she waits at Martin State Airport to board a private plane to Tampa, FL, where Keeva will be placed with a surrogate chimpanzee at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara looks out the car window as she holds Keeva, a chimpanzee born recently at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. MacNamara and Keeva will be flying from Martin State Airport to Tampa, FL, were Keeva will be placed with a surrogate chimpanzee at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara holds a binkie as Keeva sucks on it as she wakes up from a nap. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Second from right, Carey Ricciardone, mammal collection manager, and Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager, holding Keeva, a chimpanzee born recently at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, walk toward a private plane at Martin State Airport. Third from left, Jeff Luizza, Old Forge, PA, will fly them to Tampa, Fl, where Keeva will be placed with a surrogate chimpanzee at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara holds Keeva after taking a seat aboard a Beech King Air. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Claire MacNamara, Chimp Forest Area manager, holds Keeva, a chimpanzee born recently at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, as she sits with Carey Ricciardone, mammal collection manager, aboard a Beech King Air. They are at Martin State Airport and will soon fly to Tampa, FL. Keeva will be placed with a surrogate chimpanzee at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. She was removed from her mother, Carole, who was not taking care of her. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)

: Baltimore-born chimp, Keeva is photographed at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida. (Dave Parkinson/Tampa Lowry Park Zoo)

: Baltimore-born chimp, Keeva is photographed at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida. (Dave Parkinson/Tampa Lowry Park Zoo)

: Baltimore-born chimp, Keeva is photographed at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida. (Dave Parkinson/Tampa Lowry Park Zoo)

: Keeva’s surrogate mother, Abby (right) is photographed with fellow primate, Twiggy (left) at the Lowry Park Zoo. (Dave Parkinson/Tampa Lowry Park Zoo)

: Keeva’s surrogate mother, Abby is seen at the Lowry Park Zoo. (Dave Parkinson/Tampa Lowry Park Zoo)

: Baltimore-born chimp, Keeva is photographed at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida. (Dave Parkinson/Tampa Lowry Park Zoo)

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