Revital - orangutan

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Sex: Female

Age at death: 22

Captive at: Zoo Basel, Switzerland

Date of death: 31st January 2023

Cause of death: Unknown

Revital died in her enclosure on the 31st January 2023 just 4 days after giving birth. Her newborn was euthanized because the zoo believed it would not survive without the mother.

Revital had previously given birth to Ketawa on the 13th March 2013.

See also

Captive animal deaths 2023

Captive animal deaths by year

External Links

Four-Day-Old Baby Orangutan Needlessly Killed at the Basel Zoo Earth Island Journal