Conservationists at Chester Zoo are celebrating the arrival of a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/yeoor-range-monkey-shooting-arrows-sent-for-forensics-as-investigation-hits-dead-end-23625931" rel="nofollow">baby roloway monkey</a> just months after her mother underwent a pioneering operation that saved her from a potentially life-changing foot amputation.
Masaya, a 15-year-old roloway monkey, had a golf ball-sized mass removed from her foot last summer in a complex procedure performed by zoo veterinarians and surgeons.&nbsp;
Despite finding no previous records of the surgery being carried out in the species, the team successfully saved all but one of her toes.
Now, Masaya has given birth to a daughter named Lagertha, who primate specialists say is already showing signs of her mother&rsquo;s resilience.
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Chester Zoo celebrates the birth of a rare roloway monkey after mother Masaya recovered from pioneering foot surgery that prevented amputation

Rare roloway monkey gives birth after pioneering surgery saves her foot at Chester Zoo

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Chester Zoo has welcomed a baby roloway monkey months after her mother, Masaya, underwent a pioneering operation that saved her foot from amputation. The birth is a significant milestone for the critically endangered species and a testament to the success of the groundbreaking veterinary procedure

Critically endangered monkey has baby at zoo

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