Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden

After the gorilla baby, born in January, the orangutans have a newborn, too. The little one was born on April 4, but we cannot see a lot of the baby yet. The keepers, however, have already spied that the newcomer is a baby girl. For that matter, it has been ten years since the last time an orangutan was born in Budapest.

Since January 14, the public may visit the one and a half weeks old gorilla baby born on January 5. For the peace of the newborn and mother, no visitors were allowed in the Apes’ House in the last few days. Even among the staff of the Zoo, only designated workers could enter the animal house. Both the baby and mother are healthy, and the little one is developing well. Hence, there are no obstacles to reopening the Apes’ House.

By decision of his vets, Assam the bull elephant after arriving on Wednesday will be available for the audience to take the first glimpse. Weighing close to 3 tons, he got „cased up” on Tuesday in Ypres, Belgium and been shipped to Budapest in the late afternoon with police guidance. Assam’s container was hoisted in with a crane by the Headquarters of The Budapest Fire Department but by 3pm he took over his new living quarters in the elephant stall.