A baby gorilla left orphaned by his birth mother after she failed to bond with the newborn has been taken in by a foster mom.

The Gorilla Doctors, he notes ... it limits the risk to human health," he says. (See pictures of orphan gorillas rescued from poachers.) All the while they keep a trained eye on the gorillas.

The great ape is part of park ranger Bauma’s second family at the Senkwekwe Centre for gorilla orphans in the 7,700sqkm Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, where about a quarter ...

Veterinarians with Gorilla Doctors removed the trap ... in 1969 for a German zoo and had been mistreated. She nursed the orphans back to health, even sharing her cabin with them, but ultimately ...