"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 National Parks ...

A baby gorilla discovered last month while transiting through Istanbul is recovering with wildlife rescuers in Turkey.

A baby gorilla rescued from the cargo hold of a Turkish Airlines plane is recovering at an Istanbul zoo and may be returned to his natural habitat, officials have said. The five-month old gorilla ...

On Dec. 22, 2024, Turkish customs officers conducting a random search of a plane’s cargo hold found a surprise stowaway inside a small wooden crate with holes: a malnourished baby gorilla ...

“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 National Parks, said Sunday.

Authorities at Istanbul Airport in Turkey have confiscated a baby gorilla, reportedly en route to Thailand. The Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) and the ...

Five-month-old gorilla Zeytin walks in a specially created section of a zoo in Istanbul, Turkey (Khalil Hamra/AP) “Of course, what we want and desire is for the baby gorilla… to continue its l ...

A baby gorilla named Zeytin found in the cargo of a Turkish Airlines flight is recovering at Istanbul's Polonezkoy Zoo. Discovered last month on a plane from Nigeria to Thailand, Zeytin is showing ...