Overview
- The zoo posted a Certificate of Adoption listing “Uncle Trav” as benefactor for Yeyuno, Thor, and Matteo, confirming three giant river otters under his sponsorship.
- Kylie Kelce revealed the initial symbolic adoption to Travis on the February 6 Not Gonna Lie podcast, building on his long-professed affection for otters.
- Maggie Morse, the zoo’s senior director of animal care, confirmed to People that Kelce is a new Zoo Parent and invited him to visit the otter habitat.
- The adoption is a symbolic fundraising sponsorship rather than private ownership, with the otters remaining at the Philadelphia Zoo.
- Entertainment outlets linked the timing to the couple’s Brit Awards absence, a claim reported by Geo News that has not been independently verified by the zoo.