US EditionRescued Baby Gorilla to Stay in Istanbul After DNA Test
DNA analysis identified Zeytin as a Western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species from central Africa, leading to his permanent care in Turkey's Polonezkoy Zoo.
- On Oct 24, Turkish officials announced Zeytin, rescued baby gorilla, will remain in Turkey rather than be repatriated to Nigeria after a formal decision placed him in a Turkish zoo.
- Rescuers found Zeytin as a five-month-old in a wooden crate aboard a Turkish Airlines plane and took him to Polonezkoy Zoo near Istanbul to recover.
- Whole genome sequencing showed Zeytin is a Western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered subspecies native to central Africa, threatened by deforestation, hunting and disease.
- At Polonezkoy Zoo, Istanbul care facility staff have cared for Zeytin, while Mr Fahrettin Ulu, regional director of Istanbul's Nature Conservation and National Parks directorate, noted it was the first gorilla seized at Istanbul airport.
- Amid growing concern over trafficked apes, Traffic said buyers increasingly seek baby great apes, and Nigerian authorities had expected Zeytin to return in September to the Pandrillus Foundation.
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Turkey's decision to keep the African gorilla kid rescued from traffic "does not have any logic", said on Saturday the director of the Nigerian Fauna Wilderian sanctuary that was ready to receive Zeytin before his return...
Nigerian NGO slams Turkish decision to keep rescued baby gorilla
Turkey's decision to keep an African baby gorilla rescued from trafficking defies logic, a Nigerian conservation NGO that was preparing to receive it for onward repatriation, said Saturday. The primate was five months old when he was discovered at Istanbul airport in a wooden crate just before Christmas en route from Nigeria to Thailand and taken in a zoo in the hills outside Istanbul to recover. Nigeria sought his repatriation and Turkey's cons…
Zeytin the baby gorilla will remain in Turkey after a Zeytin DNA test, the baby gorilla discovered in a wooden box at the end of December at Istanbul airport, will finally stay in Turkey: a DNA test has just revived the riddle of its origin, according to the Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks https://youtube.com/watch?v=MSxmgIUs23Q&si=YfSweG7BlBeS4Mte The five-month-old primate was locked in the hold of a plane connecting Nigeri…
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