Today (Sunday, September 21, 2008) the okapi baby was born at 7.00AM in Dvur Kralove Zoo (Czech Reo.)
Good news, lets hope this one survives. The EEP has had a few in the UK at least not survive this year.
I know, am just talking about the two in the UK that DNS. Two in such a small population is not good.
Mlád? pralesa (?eský rozhlas) this is the web site on which you can see cameras (actually 4 of them) live view of newborn baby.
2 did not survive? I know the female calf in London died, but the one in Marwell is healthy, isn`t she?!
Sorry may have got myself muddled up. Marwell thought they had a second calf but it turned out she wasn't pregnant. Sorry.
If you were refering to Antwerp: this zoo was the first zoo in the world with okapis (1919). So all the other zoos are 'another breeding locations' Btw: here's an interesting link: http://www.theokapi.org/welcome.asp
We can only presume that as I don't think anything has actually been posted to confirm it(?) but it does seem to be what happened.
So all the okapi's are born for this year; Kibibi (f) 6-3-'08 R'dam (Tom + Kamina) Kitabu (m) 16-3-'08 Stuttgart (Xano + Epena) Hazina (f) 2-6-'08 Marwell (Kiburi + Zukisa) .... 18-9-'08 Antwerpen (Bondo + Yenthe) .... 21-9-'08 Dvur Kralove (Ahadi + Etana)
Description of the birth (in english) The Young of the Forest Was Born! - Young of the Forest (?eský rozhlas) video of the birh and first minutes of the young P O R O D - Mlád? pralesa (?eský rozhlas) (lenght about two hours, time in CET; 7:26 standing, 7:39 nursing)
On the sign in the Okapi house at Marwell it says that Isiro is the sire, not Kiburi (unless I am going mad!)
According the Studbook, it is Kiburi. Kiburi is also the father of Zukisa's second child, Shomari. Kibibi (f) 6-3-'08 R'dam (Tom + Kamina) Kitabu (m) 16-3-'08 Stuttgart (Xano + Epena) Hazina (f) 2-6-'08 Marwell (Kiburi + Zukisa) Jabari (m) 17-9-'08 Antwerpen (Bondo + Yenthe) .... (m) 21-9-'08 Dvur Kralove (Ahadi + Etana)