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Baby Okapi Born at Beekse Bergen Safari Park

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Beekse Bergen welcomed a new resident. A baby okapi was born at the safari park in Hilvarenbeek this week. Okapis are threatened with extinction in the wild, and this birth formed part of the okapi conservation program, Beekse Bergen said.
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The female calf and mother okapi are both doing well, the safari park reports. The birth took place on August 4th and was anything but easy for the mother okapi. "It's a large calf, so it was quite a tough birth for the mother," says curator Lars Versteege of Beekse Bergen. "But it's going very well. This is now the third calf from this female, so she knows what to do and it shows. The first few weeks are always tense with a calf, but we are con…

An okapi has been born at Safaripark Beekse Bergen. Mother and calf are doing well. They are currently still in the stables, but can be seen by visitors via video screens. The birth is part of the okapis management program: the species is threatened with extinction in the wild. The young okapi, a female, was born earlier this week, Monday, August 4th. "It's a large calf, so it was quite a tough birth for the mother," says curator Lars Versteege …

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tilburg.com broke the news in on Friday, August 8, 2025.
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