ZooBorns

• Eight Miniature Piglets for Zoo Basel
  Miniature Pigs Jack and Jill, both five years old, became parents to eight piglets on April 22 at Switzerland’s Zoo Basel. The eight youngsters (three boys and five girls) are all black except for one which is pink with black... […]
  Andrew Bleiman
• Love at First Sight = Baby Porcupine for Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
  Nale and Elan, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s Porcupines, are first-time parents! Nale (nah'-lay) gave birth to a porcupette, or baby Porcupine, on May 8. The baby was born weighing a little over a pound and appears healthy. Zoo veterinarians will not... […]
  Andrew Bleiman
• Miracle Baby Gibbon Rescued at Greensboro Science Center
  On April 29, Isabella, the Greensboro Science Center’s (GSC) rare and endangered Javan Gibbon, gave birth to a baby boy. In both the wild and in zoos, it’s not unusual for first-time mother Gibbons to abandon their first child, and... […]
  Andrew Bleiman