By james art Sibu Junior was born on July 31 at Dublin Zoo in Ireland, but despite efforts by staff to teach and encourage his mother to feed the cub, it was decided to find him a new home.
The now 12-week-old male has been adopted by Europe’s specialist orangutan nursery at Monkey World – Ape Rescue Center in Dorset,
A spokeswoman for the center said: “Sibu Junior was born on July 31 and although his mother clearly loved him, she did not have the skills to position him so that he could feed, so the difficult decision was made to remove Sibu Junior. for a hand to be raised to save the young.
“The team at Dublin Zoo looked after Sibu Junior around the clock for the first few months of his life until arrangements were made for his transfer to Monkey World – A Monkey Rescue Centre.
“Monkey World is home to Europe’s specialist orangutan nursery for orphaned and abandoned babies, which aims to break the cycle of abandonment and help female orangutans raise their young in the future.”
Dr Alison Cronin, director of Monkey World, said: “It’s really too bad that Sibu’s mum didn’t feed him, it was what everyone was hoping for.
“Ultimately, the Dublin Zoo team saved the baby’s life and cared for him around the clock while the necessary health checks and paperwork were completed for the baby’s transfer to Monkey World.”
“It is so important that orphaned orangutans grow up with others of their kind.
“Monkey World specializes in the care of these very vulnerable babies and has specialist facilities to support their development and integration into the nursery.”
Dr Cronin added: ‘Sibu currently weighs just over 3kg and takes 90ml of formula at a time, day and night.
“He’s not ready to join the others yet, but it won’t be long before he can sit up and move around on his own.
“Then he can start spending days in the nursery and getting to know some of the others who live there.
“Sibu’s future at the nursery is long as he will stay with us growing with other orangutans for the next 10 years before someday having his own adult group.”
Monkey World cares for 10 orphaned orangutans from seven countries, with the nursery and its foster mother Oshine, a Borneo orangutan, currently caring for four other cubs.