Endangered orangutan born at Chester Zoo

Keepers at Chester Zoo is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered Bornean orangutan - the first to be born at the zoo in almost a decade.

The new arrival was born at 11:15am on Sunday morning following an eight-and-a-half-month pregnancy for mum Sarikei and is a first offspring for dad, Willie.

The baby is a huge boost to the zoo's breeding programme which is working to conserve the species which faces an uncertain future in the wild.

Recent estimates indicate less than 55,000 Bornean orangutans are left in the wild. The species is heavily threatened by illegal hunting, habitat destruction and the conversion of their forest to palm oil plantations, which have all pushed the species to the very brink of existence.

Last year the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) changed the status of the Bornean orangutan from endangered to critically endangered

You can watch Sarikei with her bundle of joy below.