Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Orangutan baby enjoys touching reunion with mum

Orangutan mum and baby enjoy cute reunion

Wide-eyed and smiling, this orangutan reaches out to touch his mother for the first time since his birth.
One-year-old Pongo was delivered by Ceasarean on January 10 last year and raised by staff and vets at Zoo Atlanta while his mother Blaze recovered.


**MANDATORY BYLINE** PIC BY ZOO ATLANTA / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: PONGO WATCHING MUM BLAZE) - These are the adorable images of a mother and her baby orangutan catching up on missed time together after being successfully reintroduced to each other. From a curious hand reaching out to her young, playing together to lovingly being cradled, the pair were apart for almost a year after birth. Loveable Pongo, who just turned a year old on Jan 10, was born by caesarean and raised by a team of zoo keepers, volunteers and vets while mum Blaze recovered. Caregivers began a careful series of introductions, allowing mother and baby to initially see each other across a barrier for safety. After two months of introductions Blaze finally reached a curious hand out toward the little baby. SEE CATERS COPY
They reintroduced the pair through a barrier for safety and, after two months, Blaze reached a curious hand out toward her baby and nursed him.
‘After several weeks of consistent daily introductions, Blaze and Pongo began living together full-time and have been bonding ever since,’ a spokesman for the US zoo said.

**MANDATORY BYLINE** PIC BY ZOO ATLANTA / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: BLAZE REACHING OUT HAND TO PONGO) - These are the adorable images of a mother and her baby orangutan catching up on missed time together after being successfully reintroduced to each other. From a curious hand reaching out to her young, playing together to lovingly being cradled, the pair were apart for almost a year after birth. Loveable Pongo, who just turned a year old on Jan 10, was born by caesarean and raised by a team of zoo keepers, volunteers and vets while mum Blaze recovered. Caregivers began a careful series of introductions, allowing mother and baby to initially see each other across a barrier for safety. After two months of introductions Blaze finally reached a curious hand out toward the little baby. SEE CATERS COPY                                        Curious hand: Blaze reaches under her cage to touch her son
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