IMAGES: Orphaned orangutan baby headed to UK

BUDAPEST, Hungary (MyFoxBoston.com) -- An orphaned Sumatran orangutan baby left his home at the Budapest Zoo on Monday to head to the UK.

Bulu Mata's mother perished one week after the baby orangutan was born, and members of the Budapest Zoo have been raising Bulu Mata for the past three months.

The orangutan was transported to the Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre near Wool in Dorset, South West England.

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