Cincinnati Zoo mourning after 3-year-old bonobo died from RSV outbreak
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announced 3-year-old Amali, a bonobo baby, has died.
The zoo announced Amali's passing on its website Monday.
"This loss comes after a week of supportive care, due to a respiratory syntactical virus (RSV) outbreak within the bonobo troop," reads the announcement on the zoo's website.
RSV is common among human babies and cases have been increasing in the past two years; most children survive the virus, but it is still dangerous, specifically …