Yorkshire Wildlife Park’s first okapi birth marked a major landmark for its conservation programme, with okapis on the IUCN red list of threatened species.
Read on for sweet photographs of Mzimu and his mother Ruby, and more about this endangered species.
9. Relaxing
Kyrie said: “They are both indoors at the moment and he won’t venture out into the reserve just yet.”
10. Conservation efforts
Mzimu's Dad Nuru has now moved to Marwell as part of the breeding programme as his genes are so important to the programme.
11. Vulnerable
During the vulnerable first few months of a calf’s life, the mother Okapi will hide her youngster in a nest or undergrowth in the wild.
12. Endangered
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