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The Turkish Ministry of Trade announced that a baby gorilla that was attempted to be transited abroad without papers via Turkey on Saturday, December 21 was seized by authorities at Istanbul Airport. The gorilla, which the ministry said is an endangered species, was brought to Turkey in a crate from Nigeria. It was learned that the crate’s final destination was Bangkok. Istanbul Airport Customs Protection, Anti-Smuggling and Intelligence Directorate teams followed the crate and found the baby gorilla inside. The baby gorilla was later handed over to the national parks authority. Noting that rehabilitation and care efforts were continuing, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that the gorilla’s health was improving and that it would be kept under observation. To read other news from VOA Turkish: https://bit.ly/3sQKCNo ************ » Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/voaturkce?s... You can find American news, Turkey news, world news, breaking news, health, science-technology, and economic news on VOA Turkish. VOA Turkish, which reports global developments to the whole world with impartial and objective journalism, also acts as a bridge between different cultures with its colorful music and magazine programs. Founded in 1942, Voice of America (VOA) is an international broadcasting organization supported by the US government. It reaches 354 million people worldwide with 1,500 hours of broadcasting in 48 languages every week. VOA, which broadcasts news, education and culture, has been reaching you with Turkish broadcasts since 1942. Turkish broadcasts, which started on February 12, 1942, were interrupted for a while in 1945 and resumed in 1949 FOLLOW US: Our VOA Turkish website: https://bit.ly/3sQKCNo Facebook: / voaturkce Twitter: / voaturkce Instagram: / voaturkce Telegram: https://t.me/voaturkce Threads: https://www.threads.net/@voaturkce You can access VOA Turkish news and other visual content much more easily with the VOA app, which you can download to your smartphones and tablets. iOS: http://apple.co/3yvWbdt Android: https://bit.ly/VOAAppGooglePlay