Orangutan at Utah's Hogle Zoo expecting baby this month

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- Kawan, a Bornean orangutan at Utah's Hogle Zoo, is expecting a baby this month.

The zoo made the announcement on Thursday, June 5, adding that its animal care and health teams are closely monitoring Kawan during her eight-and-a-half-month pregnancy. • Bornean orangutan Kawan at Hogle Zoo. (Utah's Hogle Zoo) • Bornean orangutan Kawan at Hogle Zoo. (Utah's Hogle Zoo) • Bornean orangutans Mia and Kawan at Hogle Zoo. (Utah's Hogle Zoo) • Bornean orangutan Kawan at Hogle Zoo. (Utah's Hogle Zoo)

Kawan first came to the zoo in 2021 from the Henry Vilas Zoo on a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Orangutan Species Survival Plan with resident males Mia and Tuah. As both males were included in the recommendation, the zoo said either