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TAMPA, Fla. – ZooTampa at Lowry Park welcomed several newborn animals this year, including a rescued manatee’s calf and a critically endangered Eastern bongo.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ZooTampa animal conservation efforts <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
ZooTampa at Lowry Park say they welcomed a female manatee calf named Beatrix, marking the park’s first manatee birth in more than 10 years. Her mother, who remains in critical condition following a watercraft injury in the Manatee River, is bonding well with the newborn while animal care staff monitor both closely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The facility also celebrated the birth of Liberty, a female Eastern bongo calf born on July 3 weighing 38 pounds and standing two feet tall. The zoo says this birth marks the seventh Eastern bongo delivered at the zoo over five years for a species with fewer than 100 individuals remaining in the wild because of habitat loss and poaching.<\/p>\n
Additional zoo births this year <\/p>\n
By the numbers:<\/p>\n
The park’s current baby boom includes multiple new animals born across several species:\u00a0<\/p>\n
1 female manatee calf3 Eastern bongo calves2 southern white rhinos2 impalas2 nyalas4 Bali mynah chicks3 African spoonbill chicks6 green-naped lorikeet chicks Wildlife protection and breeding <\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
“The births of these species, many of which are listed as critically endangered, endangered or threatened, highlight the Zoo’s ongoing conservation efforts and commitment to saving species,” ZooTampa said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Source: The information in this story was gathered from a press release provided by ZooTampa at Lowry Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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