Chimpanzee house opened at Central Zoo

Kathmandu, Apr. 23: Secretary of the Ministry of Forests and Environment Dr. Pem Narayan Kandel and Member Secretary of the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) Sarad Chandra Adhikari jointly inaugurated the new chimpanzee house at the Central Zoo, Jawalakhel, on Friday.

According to a press statement issued by the NTNC on the occasion, the house was constructed for two chimps named Chimpu (male) and Chimpa (female). The two had been illegally brought into Nepal and were rescued by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on October 17, 2017.

After the rescue, the CIB handed over the simians to the zoo. 

At the time of the handing over, the male chimp was three months old and the female was of six months. 

and weighed four kilograms. Since then though, the zoo staff cared for them and fed them fruits, vegetables, milk, bread and honey as per the season and the chimps’ health. As a result, the male today weighs 21 kilograms and the female weights 24 kilograms, NTNC informed.

The two primates have been adopted by Razi Rana of the Prabhu Shumsher JBR and Razi Rana Trust under the Central Zoo’s ‘Adopt an Animal’ programme. Rana has provided Rs. 1 million for the care of the animals.