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San Diego Zoo Celebrates Endangered Okapi Calf Birth
9/12/2025
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Story summary
- The San Diego Zoo welcomed an okapi calf on September 2, 2025, marking the first birth since 2021 in the new habitat.
- Warm weather enabled earlier visibility for guests compared to winter-born calves.
- The calf interacts with her parents, Subira and Kapu, in the Lost Forest exhibit.
- Okapis, or "forest giraffes," are endangered and native to Central Africa.
- This birth aids the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan for conservation.
