€50K effort involved feeding lessons from human mums

DUBLIN Zoo last year spent €50,000 on two months of intensive, round-the-clock nursery care that ensured the survival of an infant Bornean orangutan, Sibu Junior (SJ).

- BY GORDON DEEGAN

The 2024 annual report for the Zoological Society of Ireland documents the lengths that Dublin Zoo care staff went to in a bid to ensure that SJ survived.

A Dublin Zoo spokesman said yesterday: “In animal welfare, cost comes second. Our priority is always to do whatever is needed to give an animal the best possible chance at life.”