Prague zoo welcomes new baby western lowland gorilla

(4 Jan 2024)
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Prague, Czechia - 4 January 2024
1. Gorillas walking into enclosure
2. Gorilla Duni with baby
3. Gorilla carrying straw
4. Gorilla and baby as she makes a comfortable place to sit
5. Mid of Duni and baby
6. Various STILLS of close up of baby with mum
7. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Miroslav Bobek, Director of the Prague Zoo:
"It was actually after dark in the pavilion. Duni, the cub's mother, was waiting for the safety of the night. We got the first pictures on Wednesday morning, and now you can see the baby, too."
8. Duni and baby resting
9. Duni chewing on a stick as she holds baby
10. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Jan Mengr, Curator of apes:
"The birth of the baby and its subsequent rearing is essential for the gorilla group. Simply because their social structure is set up for this, they need the cubs to be in social groups. From a European point of view, this rearing is important because it is recommended and encouraged. We expect that there will be an opportunity to transfer the cub to another zoo. There's plenty of time for that because they leave at about seven years old."
11. Duni holding baby and leaving
12. Wide of Entrance of Prague Zoo
13. Visitors entering the ZOO
STORYLINE:
Prague Zoo has welcomed a new baby western lowland gorilla.
Officials didn't know the sex of the baby yet, but zoo director Miroslav Bobek said it was born late on Tuesday to mum, Duni.
Shortly after the birth, the zoo staff gave the newborn a rest from the public and the gorilla complex was closed.
The public were allowed in again on Thursday to view the new baby.
Jan Mengr, the curator of the apes at the zoo, said the birth was an important event and essential for the social system of the endangered species.
"From a European point of view, this rearing is important because it is recommended and encouraged. We expect that there will be an opportunity to transfer the cub to another zoo. There's plenty of time for that because they leave at about seven years old," said Mengr.
Prague Zoo achieved better and broader facilities thanks to the division of the gorillas into two separate reservations, according to Bobek.
Native to central Africa, western lowland gorillas were declared critically endangered in 2007 because of habitat loss as well as deaths caused by the Ebola virus and hunters who killed them illegally for their meat.
AP video and photos shot by Petr David Josek
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Duni is the most beautiful gorilla

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You have to speak that in English

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