Police seize 200 cannabis plants from grow house in city<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n Hoofstock keeper Zoe Newnham said: \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to have another okapi birth here at Marwell.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis amazing achievement is a testament to the skill and dedication of the zoo\u2019s animal care team and their success within the Ex-situ Breeding Programme, helping to support this endangered species.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOur team works hard to ensure the okapi\u2019s have the best care, while closely replicating their wild habitat.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBefore the arrival of the new calf, we created a dark, warm, cosy area known as a \u2018creep\u2019 to give mum, Daphne, space and privacy with the newborn, just as okapi would in the wild.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cDaphne\u2019s a fantastic mum and this calf is already showing signs of being curious and confident.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n To give Daphne and her calf a calm start, keepers created a dark, cosy \u201ccreep\u201d area to mirror conditions in the wild.\n<\/p>\n
\n The okapi house will remain closed to visitors for now, though other members of the herd can still be seen nearby.\n<\/p>\n
\n The calf will stay indoors through winter before venturing out in the spring.\n<\/p>\n
\n Known for their zebra-like stripes and long, purple tongues, okapis are actually the giraffe\u2019s closest living relatives.\n<\/p>\n
\n Marwell Zoo, home to more than 150 species including tigers, rhinos and giraffes, continues to play a leading role in global breeding efforts to safeguard endangered wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marwell Zoo has celebrated the new arrival last month and has announced it in time to celebrate World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-205194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}