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SHREVEPORT, La. - It's both a surprise and a mystery. At Caddo

Parish's Chimp Haven, where retired male chimpanzees all get

vasectomies, a female chimp has turned up pregnant. Chimp Haven

managers knew something was up when they could not find one of their

chimps last week.

 

Teresa, who's been at Chimp Haven for the past year and a half, was

missing during the morning rounds. Later, she appeared with a newborn

chimpanzee in her arms.

 

" Well, we were all just a little bit surprised when we heard the

news, " said Linda Brent, a spokeswoman for Chimp Haven.

 

Teresa was in a group with 17 other chimpanzees — seven of them males.

 

Now Chimp Haven will have to determine paternity. " We're going to be

doing a paternity test, just like you would do on people, " Brent said.

 

Workers have started collecting hair samples from the chimps for

testing. Once they identify the father, it's back to the operating

room for him.

 

The baby chimpanzee was named Tracy and she and her mother are doing

fine, Brent said.

 

Teresa, who is in her 40s, had 10 other offspring before retiring to

Chimp Haven. This is her first in 13 years.

 

It's also the first chimpanzee born at the sanctuary although

officials there hope there will be no more accidents.

 

Teresa and her daughter will not be separated. Chimp Haven supporter

Bill Robinson is sponsoring her so she can spend her life with her

mother at the sanctuary, officials said.

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