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Orphaned baby chimp Baran from Iran finds new home in Kenya

Chimpanzee Baran

Orphaned chimp Baran from Iran is pictured at the JKIA in Nairobi ahead of her move to Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Northern Kenya.

Photo credit: Courtesy

By  Ruth Mbula

What you need to know:

  • Baran lost her mother at a tender age and there have been months-long campaigns to relocate her over unsuitable conditions at Tehran's Eram Zoo.

A wildlife conservancy in Kenya is the new home of an endangered baby chimpanzee from an Iranian Zoo.

This follows successful plans to relocate the four-year-old female but orphaned chimp known as Baran to Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Northern Kenya.

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