Wildlife

The Abilene Zoo, in Texas, has a new baby Ocelot. Born 9 September, to proud Ocelot parents Hotrod and Ellie, little Lucy is now old enough to be out on exhibit with her mother — via ZooBorns

On 2 October, Zoo Berlin’s Black Rhino, Maburi, gave birth to a healthy baby boy — via ZooBorns

Canada Lynx kitten, Jasper, was out enjoying the fall atmosphere, recently, at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington. The six-month-old was helping the zoo promote their upcoming annual event, Zoo Boo, a special fall themed weekend that will be held 18-19 October — via ZooBorns

The birth of four Cheetah cubs on 24 July at Zoo Basel demonstrates the importance of inter-zoo cooperation and keeper knowledge to help an endangered species reproduce — via ZooBorns

Recently, a keeper from Cotswold Wildlife Park, in the UK, became foster parent to an abandoned Clouded Leopard Cub. The young female cub was found, at one-day-old, shivering and close to death. Jamie Craig, a zookeeper at Cotswold Wildlife Park, decided to care for the orphan at his home. With the help of his young children, Mr Craig diligently tended to the cub, named Nimbus — via ZooBorns

Rica, the Southern Three-Banded Armadillo was only the size of a golf ball when she was born 24 August at Edinburgh Zoo, but she is progressing and developing, as she should, and now weighs in at 450g — via ZooBorns

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