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Old 11-07-2008
Any Orangutans at Frankfurt still? I know they used to have one called Horst.
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Of course they do, but only sumatran orangs. Once they kept both species of orang-utans, but a few years ago, they stopped keeping borneo orangs. They had an orang namend Horst, he was born January 31, 1978. But I don't know, which species he was and what happend to him.
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Of course they do, but only sumatran orangs. Once they kept both species of orang-utans, but a few years ago, they stopped keeping borneo orangs. They had an orang namend Horst, he was born January 31, 1978. But I don't know, which species he was and what happend to him.
Horst is Bornean. Far as I know, he is breeding in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Yes Horst is a bornean orangutan and he is currently at Auckland Zoo

I was just trying to find out more information about him from when he was at Frankfurt. It's interesting to know his birthday.

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Horst and 2 females are moving to Busch Gardens in Florida via LA Zoo at the end of July. Auckland Zoo has dedicated a section on it's website to them.
Auckland Zoo A special farewell for our orang utans
 

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