A younger gorilla rescued from a aircraft’s cargo maintain is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officers mentioned Sunday, whereas wildlife officers contemplate returning him to his pure habitat.
The 5-month-old gorilla was found in a field on a Turkish Airways flight from Nigeria to Thailand final month. After a public competitors, he has been named Zeytin, or Olive, and is recuperating at Polonezkoy Zoo.
Zeytin, a 5-month-old male gorilla toddler who was rescued at Istanbul Airport, drinks milk in a specifically created part of a zoo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.
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“Of course, what we want and desire is for the baby gorilla … to continue its life in its homeland,” Fahrettin Ulu, regional director of Istanbul Nature Conservation and Nationwide Parks, mentioned Sunday.
“What is important is that an absolutely safe environment is established in the place it goes to, which is extremely important for us.”
Within the weeks since he was discovered, Zeytin has gained weight and is displaying indicators of recovering from his traumatic journey.
Zeytin, a 5-month-old male gorilla toddler who was rescued at Istanbul Airport, walks in a specifically created part of a zoo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.
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“When he first came, he was very shy, he would stay where we left him,” mentioned veterinarian Gulfem Esmen. “He doesn’t have that shyness now. He doesn’t even care about us much. He plays games by himself.”
Each gorilla species — the western and jap gorillas, which populate central Africa’s distant forests and mountains — are categorised as endangered by the Worldwide Union for Conservation of Nature.
Zeytin, a 5-month-old male gorilla toddler who was rescued at Istanbul Airport, seems to be on, in a specifically created part of a zoo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.
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As Istanbul emerges as a serious air hub between continents, customs officers have more and more intercepted illegally traded animals. In October, 17 younger Nile crocodiles and 10 monitor lizards had been present in an Egyptian passenger’s baggage on the metropolis’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport.
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