Baby monkey was saved from a plane during a Turkish smuggling attempt

Istanbul: Wildlife officials are considering returning a younger gorilla to his natural habitat after he was found in a aircraft’s cargo maintain, according to officials who spoke to him on Sunday.

Last month, a five-month-old monkey was discovered in a package on a Turkish Airlines flight from Nigeria to Thailand. After a common opposition, he has been named Zeytin, the turkey word for “olive”, and is recuperating at Polonezkoy Zoo.

” Of course, what we want and desire is for the child monkey … to continue its life in its homeland”, Fahrettin Ulu, local chairman of Istanbul Nature Conservation and National Parks, said.

What’s crucial is that a secure setting be created in the place where it is transported, which is crucial for us.

Zeytin has gained weight and is beginning to recover from his tragic journey in the months since his discovery.

” When he first came, he was very quiet, he would be where we left him”, said pharmacist Gulfem Esmen. ” He doesn’t have that fear today. He doesn’t even worry about us significantly. He plays game by himself”.

The western and eastern monkey kinds, which occupy key Africa’s remote forests and mountains, are both considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Customs officials have extremely intercepted illegally traded animals as Istanbul becomes a major air gateway between planets. In October, 17 fresh Nile crocodiles and 10 check reptiles were found in an Egyptian pilot’s bag at the state’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport.

AP