Taipei Zoo’s 350lb gorilla, Baby, is leaving on a jet plane tomorrow to the Netherlands
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/03/18
By: Renée Salmonsen, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) bid Taipei’s favorite gorilla,
Mayor Ko waves goodbye to Baby. (By Central News Agency)
Baby (寶寶), a safe trip this afternoon before Baby’s flight to the Netherlands tomorrow morning.
Baby is relocating to the Apenheul Primate Park in Apeldoorn, Amsterdam. He will replace a male silverback gorilla and then learn how to lead a pack of female gorillas as well as establish a family of his own, reported CNA.
The 33-year-old gorilla came to Taiwan when he was two years old, accordingto Apple Daily.
Baby (寶寶) (CNA Image)
The Taipei Zoo held a farewell party for Baby today in the style of a traditional Taiwanese wedding ceremony. This included wedding sweets (喜糖), double happiness cakes (喜餅), organic dried guava (有機芭樂乾), sackcloth bag (麻布袋), dumbbell (啞鈴), and a backpack (寶寶浪跡天涯小背包). [FULL STORY]