The latest addition, a baby female, left, to the gorilla enclosure at the Lincoln Park Zoo. (Lincoln Park Zoo)
(CBS) — A three-month-old baby gorilla named Nyambe is in stable condition at the Lincoln Park Zoo hospital after being injured last Wednesday in the enclosure with her mother.
“We’re not exactly sure how that happened, or what happened,” zoo spokeswoman Sharon Dewar says.
READ MORE: SWAT Team Dispatched After Man Barricades Himself In Home On Halsted Street In Lincoln ParkNyambe suffered a facial laceration. Dewar says she’s “cautiously optimistic” about a full recovery.
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She says the mother had to be sedated to get to the baby.
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