Monkey business: Zoo launches fundraising drive

A CAMPAIGN to raise awareness and funds for endangered great apes begins at Dublin Zoo tomorrow.

Great apes facing extinction include chimpanzees, gorillas, orang-utans, bonobos and gibbons, some of humans’ closest relatives in the animal kingdom.

Dublin Zoo is home to four of these species, with thriving groups of western lowland gorillas, Borneon orang-utans, chimpanzees and Siamang gibbons.