By Hanti Otto
Independent Online
Copyright 2008 Independent Online
PRETORIA, South Africa — Covered in a space blanket, pipes down his throat and life support machines keeping him alive, little Joshua the chimpanzee was rushed from the Netcare Milpark hospital in Johannesburg in an ambulance to the ICU at the University of Pretoria’s faculty of veterinary science at Onderstepoort on Wednesday.
Fighting for his life, this 18-month-old primate had apparently fallen victim to bigger chimps in his family group at the Johannesburg zoo early in the day.
Joshua was in a stable condition last night, but his prognosis was not very good.
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