{"id":211043,"date":"2025-10-19T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/211043\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:18:08","slug":"cctv-footage-captures-baby-elephant-spooning-mum-at-blackpool-zoo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/211043\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTV footage captures baby elephant spooning Mum at Blackpool Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The zoo said it was &#8220;thrilled&#8221; with Zaiya&#8217;s &#8220;rare&#8221; birth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The indoor elephant enclosure was closed to the public for nearly a month while the herd developed &#8220;crucial bonds&#8221; with the calf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Zaiya was the first successful female elephant birth at the zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The zoo&#8217;s director Darren Webster said it was a &#8220;truly historic moment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;This achievement further reinforces our dedication to the conservation of all endangered species and I could not be prouder of our team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Asian elephants have been listed as endangered since 1986, with populations estimated to have declined by at least 50% over the last three generations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The zoo said it was &#8220;thrilled&#8221; with Zaiya&#8217;s &#8220;rare&#8221; birth. The indoor elephant enclosure was closed to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-211043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211043","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=211043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}