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wun tne ursi inter, tne newest cub will be handreared by experienced zoo staff to help with socialization and to reduce the risk of infant mortality.
“We worry about single cubs though because they don't grow up knowing they are a spotted leopard when they are hand-reared,” said Howard. “Our plan is to couple this female with a male in Nashville. She’ll go in a month once her temperature stabilizes. She's in an incubator now.”
In addition to the clouded leopards, keepers closely watched female Przewalski's horse Brandy for the past several weeks as they realized a birth was imminent. The male foal was seen nursing soon after birth which indicates the mother and offspring are bonding well.
“The mother and son are doing great," said Lang. “We’re getting ready to introduce them back to the herd.”
Przewalski's horses are critically endangered, as only a few hundred reintroduced animals live in protected areas in their native China and Mongolia. The National Zoo is at the forefront of Przewalski’s horse conservation, which includes detailed reproductive studies of the herd at the Front Royal facility, leading the Przewalski’s Horse North American Species Survival Plan and using technology to study their movements in the wild.
A red panda cub, born to Panya, was found in her nest box by keepers early Fnday, July 10. This marks the fifth red panda birth in Front Royal within th£ last three weeks.
Panya had problems with nursing her cub and the baby was transported to the zoo in
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