Baby gorilla rejected by mother at Woodland Park Zoo successfully introduced to foster mom in Kentucky

Abeo was transferred from Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo after being rejected by his birth mother last month.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In celebration of World Gorilla Day, staff at the Louisville Zoo gave an update on a baby gorilla who was transferred there from the Woodland Park Zoo.

Baby gorilla Abeo (ah-beh-OH), which means “bringer of happiness” in a language spoken in West Africa, was rejected by his birth mother in Seattle. To provide him with natural socialization, he was transferred to the zoo in Kentucky.

Louisville Zoo general curator Ron Evans said in a video Tuesday that Abeo successfully bonded with his gorilla foster

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