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Here's how zoo staff successfully introduced baby gorilla Abeo to his foster mother in Kentucky
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In celebration of World Gorilla Day, staff at the Louisville Zoo gave an update on a baby gorilla who was transferred there from the Woodland Park Zoo. Baby gorilla Abeo (ah-beh-OH), which means “bringer of happiness” in a language spoken in West Africa, was rejected by his birth mother in Seattle. To provide him with natural socialization, he was transferred to the zoo in Kentucky. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/life/animals/louisville-zoo-update-baby-gorilla-transferred-from-woodland-park-zoo-seattle/281-88087ce8-b354-41de-a241-25434f6ec799
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