Oregon Zoo welcomes orangutan baby from first-time mom Kitra

The Oregon Zoo revealed today that a brand-new child orangutan was born upon Wednesday, April 13 around 11 a.m. 

Personnel reports that novice mommy Kitra and also her newborn are succeeding in a behind-the scenes maternal den. 

“We’re all rather delighted concerning it,” claimed Kate Gilmore, that supervises the zoo’s primate location. “It’s excellent to see Kitra taking such great treatment of her child. There’s still a whole lot that can occur, so we’re being extremely careful and also offering her as much silent time as feasible. Yet up until now she appears to be requiring to parenthood fairly well.”

“We couldn’t request anything much more,” concurred elderly caretaker Asaba Mukobi. “She drew the child near to her right now, and also the child seems solid and also healthy and balanced.”

Back in 2014, Kitra had the ability to observe an additional orangutan, Kera Wak, increasing an infant at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo where she lived formerly. Her caretakers really hope the monitoring will certainly assist her adapt to parenthood. 

Mukobi claimed it will certainly take a couple of weeks to ensure whether the child is a child or a woman. 

Personnel will very closely keep track of both mommy and also child to see to it they remain healthy and balanced, and also will certainly determine a day for their public launching at a later time. 

“We will certainly be viewing to evaluate their development,” Gilmore claimed. “The very first couple of days are particularly crucial. Our treatment team and also vet group have actually been committed to offering Kitra every little thing she required for an effective birth. The good news is, she hasn’t required much aid from us up until now. She’s been doing a terrific work by herself.”