Overview

• The male infant was born on September 11 to first-time mother Yuli at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire.
• Twycross is the only UK zoo caring for bonobos and manages roughly 10% of the species’ European zoo population.
• Yuli arrived from Vallée des Singes in France in 2023 as part of the continent-wide breeding plan coordinated by EAZA.
• The newborn is already viewable to visitors, with images showing him clinging to his mother released by the zoo.
• Bonobos are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List, a status the zoo says heightens the conservation significance of the birth.