nemleyjunior was discovered and handed over to officials of the government of ivory coast.he had gained weight and confidence, but then his life turned for the worse again. abidjan zoo is overcrowded and underfunded. we received offers from sanctuaries to give him specialist care, but ivory coast officials refused to let him leave the country and soon he began rocking back and forth, a typical response to stress. after constant pressure on the authorities from us and from wildlife groups, nemleyjunior was allowed special care, but chimpanzee experts say infants need constant support. the tlc, the love that they need, they need that in order to be healthy psychologically, but also healthy physically. and unless they receive that, they can really struggle. our investigation led to the first convictions for wildlife crime in the history of ivory coast. ibrahima traore and his uncle mohammed were jailed for six months, but they've now served their time and have been released. so the plight of nemleyjunior shows just how hard it can be to clamp down on wildlife trafficking, and

nemleyjunior was discovered and handed over to officials of the government of ivory coast. zoo. he had gained weight and confidence but then his life turned for the worse, again. abidjan zoo is overcrowded and underfunded. we received offers from sanctuaries to give him specialist care but ivory coast officials refused to let him leave the country and soon he began rocking back and forth, a typical response to stress. after constant pressure on the authorities from us and from wildlife groups, nemleyjunior was allowed special care but chimpanzee experts say infants need constant support. the tlc, the love that they... they need that in order to be healthy psychologically but also healthy physically. and unless they receive that they can really struggle. our investigation led to the first convictions for wildlife crime in the history of ivory coast. this man and his uncle were jailed for six months but they have now served their time and they have been released. the plight shows how hard can be clamped down on wildlife trade. and we'll leave you with this. this is a complete

so the plight of nemleyjunior shows just how hard it can be to clamp down on wildlife trafficking, and to save the most endangered animals from extinction. david shukman, bbc news. the author michael bond, who created one of the best—loved children's characters, paddington bear, has died. he was 91. michael bond said paddington, the bear found at a railway station, reminded him of refugees during the second world war. his books sold more than 35 million copies, as our arts correspondent david sillito reports. it was just over 60 years ago on christmas eve that a young bbc cameraman, michael bond, saw a lonely toy bear sitting on a shelf in a department store. it inspired him to write a bear called paddington. a polite, optimistic but accident—prone immigrant from darkest peru. he has a very strong sense of right and wrong, a very polite bear, rather based on my father. my father was a very polite man and always wore a hat in case he met somebody. had to have something to raise. paddington has a lot of him in it. "good afternoon," he said. "can i help you?" so the manners were from his

nemleyjunior had been seized by poachers in west africa and offered for sale but was then rescued followingsuccumbed to a series of illnesses including malaria. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. weakened by disease and orphaned by poachers, this is the baby chimpanzee, nemley junior, fighting for his life. seized from the jungle and then rescued after a bbc investigation, he recently became so ill that he was cared for 2h hours a day. i was really struck by how strong he was and how hard he fought up strong he was and how hard he fought up until the very last moment, 30 minutes before he passed he was still fighting. police! it was late last year that nemley junior was about to be sold by wildlife traffickers in ivory coast. a pitiful sight that would provoke at wage around the world and our investigation led the police to intervene. nemleyjuniorwas discovered and handed over to officials of the government of ivory coast. we saw him as few months later in the zoo. he had gained weight and confidence but then his life turned for the worse again. this zoo is overcrowded and underfunde