While zookeepers in San Francisco were training a surrogate mother for the abandoned western lowland gorilla born there last month, another baby gorilla was born at the National Zoo in Washington, DC.  The newborn arrived in full view of spectators and a zookeeper last weekend.

In the wild, western lowland gorillas inhabit West and Central Africa where they are critically endangered.

The National Zoo in Washington, DC has announced the birth of a female dama gazelle.  The female joins her mother and several others at the zoo. In the wild, the dama gazelle is critically endangered with only 500 left in the world.

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