An orphaned baby chimpanzee whose plight moved people around the world has died. Nemley junior had been seized by poachers in West Africa and offered for sale but was then rescued following a BBC News investigation.
Despite dedicated care in the past few weeks, he succumbed to a series of illnesses including malaria.
A leading vet who helped care for him said that, without his mother, Nemley suffered from a "failure to thrive".
In the wild, baby chimps usually live with their mothers for at least four to five years.
During his capture, Nemley would have witnessed the killing of his mother during a poaching raid that would have seen as many as 10 adults in his family shot. The two men who were found guilty of his trafficking were released from jail 10 days ago.
Sarah Crawford, an American NGO worker who had been caring for Nemley full-time for the past three weeks, said: ''He died in my arms. He did not die alone in a cage. He really fought to stay alive. He was taking fluids until 30 minutes before he died. I am still in shock. None of us can quite believe what has happened.''
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