Keepers at The Maryland Zoo  said in a video it was not an easy decision to move baby Keeva, but it offers her the best chance to flourish.

Keeva’s new mom will be Abby, 32, who has raised two orphaned chimps in the past. Baby chimps are dependent on their mothers for at least five years, keepers say.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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