Feminine foal born on August 21 at Zoo’s Camel Zebra Space
CHICAGO (August 22, 2023) – Lincoln Park Zoo is happy to welcome a brand new black and white addition this summer time. After confirming the being pregnant by way of hormone evaluation earlier this yr, on August 21, 16-year-old Grevy’s zebra Adia gave delivery to a wholesome, sturdy feminine foal. Each Adia and the new child have been doing nicely and proceed to be intently monitored by skilled Animal Care and veterinary workers.
The foal is Adia’s fifth offspring and third with sire Wester. She joins three different zebras (together with mother and pa) on the zoo and might be discovered at Camel & Zebra Space. The yet-to-be-named foal is straightforward to identify, with reddish-brown stripes that may solely flip black as soon as she is older. She was born weighing simply over 105 kilos and can develop to be round 850 kilos when she’s an grownup.
Whereas the foal was capable of run simply an hour after delivery, she is going to stay depending on her mom for the primary seven months. After a roughly 390-day gestation and delivery, zebras nurse for about 275 days.
“It’s superb to see the inhabitants of those endangered zebras proceed to develop,” stated Curator Dan Boehm. “Mother and foal are hitting all of their postpartum milestones and the new child is sort of spirited and really energetic.”
This delivery is especially notable, as Grevy’s zebras are endangered, with fewer than 2,000 of the species within the wild as a result of habitat loss and searching. The foal was born as a part of the Grevy’s Zebra Species Survival Plan (SSP), a collaborative inhabitants administration effort among the many Affiliation of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) establishments.
These serious about serving to look after mother and foal all yr lengthy could ADOPT a zebra at lpzoo.org/undertake or store the Want Record at lpzoo.org/wish-list.
