LOS ANGELES (AP) – Bruno, a male orangutan on the Los Angeles Zoo who enchanted employees and guests there for practically three many years, has died. He was 42.
The zoo introduced Bruno’s dying on social media on Friday, saying, “He handed away out of the blue earlier this week.”
The reason for dying of the orangutan was not instantly identified, however Bruno was labeled as an “older age scale” in accordance with the zoo. Additional checks are nonetheless pending.
Bruno got here to the zoo in 1994 with an “enigmatic appeal and docile spirit,” the zoo stated, turning into an envoy in serving to folks take care of orangutans and their plight within the wild. Native to the jungles of Indonesia and Malaysia, there are three species of orangutans, all of that are critically endangered.
Zookeeper Megan Fox stated on the zoo’s social media posts that Bruno would spend daily making a shock for the employees.
“He was a delicate and beneficiant soul who nearly all the time gave his caregivers a day by day present, a little bit creation he made through the day,” she stated.
