ZooBorns — San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Zoo Welcomes First Okapi Birth in Four Years
Posted by Andrew Bleiman on
The San Diego Zoo recently welcomed a handsome new resident. Okapi mom, Mbaya, gave birth to her first calf—adding one more individual to a population that is in steady decline worldwide.
Only a few zoos in the United States house the endangered Okapi, and four-week-old Mosi (pronounced MO-see) became the first of his species to be born at the San Diego Zoo in four years.
Animal care staff...