Chester Zoo, Jimmy The Orangutan 1957
Photo ref: C768113
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It was in the years following the war that Chester Zoo acquired the excellent reputation that it has today for its breeding programmes, including the breeding of orang-utans. Jimmy, pictured here, was the first to arrive. He came in 1958, and before long had acquired a reputation amongst the staff as an escapee, always managing to get away from the island where he was housed.

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