🦧🎉 Congratulations to “Blackpool Zoo” for the birth of their first Bornean Orangutan for 20 years!

A fabulous reason to come see mum and baby, which have additions and have returned to a newly built, immensely improved habitat! 🎊🎉🎈💯

Blackpool Zoo are delighted to announce the birth of their first
“critically end.ang.ered” Bornean orangutan for over 20 years!
The “very special” arrival is part of a breeding scheme to protect the “cri.tic.ally end.ang.ered” species.

Jingga, who is a first-time mum, gave birth in the early hours on the 14th of June to a healthy baby boy, fathered by Kawan, who joined them in 2022 as part of a recommendation by the International Studbook Keeper, who manages the European breeding programme.

With Bornean orangutans being classified as ‘cri.tica.lly’ ‘en.dang.ered’, breeding programmes such as the European [End.ang.ered] Species Programme (EEP) are vital for helping this species, especially as they now face an extremely high [ri.sk] of ‘ext.inction’ in the wild.

Wonderful!💕

Congratulations to the zoo and the mom and it’s a great holiday gift you’re doing a great job guys.
This is absolutely wonderful…! God bless that little baby in his mommy. 👏🎉🙏🙏

Check out this precious moment between mum Jingga and her newborn son 🔽