Following a devastating blow to Okapi conservation efforts this summer, a ray of hope arrived for this threatened species: a healthy Okapi calf was born on September 15 at the ZOO Antwerpen.
Conservationists were stunned when poachers raided the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in June, wiping out the entire breeding herd of 14 Okapi and killing 19 people. But far from the scene of the attack, the staff of the Antwerp Zoo was closely monitoring Sofie the Okapi during her pregnancy. Read more here http://bit.ly/SdGoFp and at ZooBorns
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“Herd of 14” is probably the thing the made me the most bummed out.
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