00:00What a difference eight months made.
00:03Baby gorilla Zeytin looked frightened
00:05when customs officials at Istanbul Airport
00:08rescued him last year from a plane's cargo hold.
00:11Smugglers had tried to traffic him to Thailand.
00:14But now Zeytin, which means olive in Turkish,
00:18is doing well enough to return to his natural habitat in Nigeria.
00:22He's been receiving medical care, proper nutrition
00:24and a safe environment at this Istanbul zoo.
00:30Plans to return Zeytin to a wildlife sanctuary in Nigeria are underway,
00:51Turkish authorities say, and that they are seeking assurances
00:54that he will have a good life and won't be subject to illegal trade again.
00:59Gorillas are internationally classified as a critically endangered species.
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