Safari Babies

Safari Babies!

New babies arrive all the time at Safari West! These rambunctious babies are running wild in herds and flocks in vast enclosures resembling their native homelands.

Our bouncing bundles of joy sure do grow up fast! Come see them as soon as you can!

You can find more fun images of our animal babies on Safari West's Facebook page.

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Summer 2009 Hoofed Babies

June

Cape Buffalo baby (one)
Birth date: 6/20/09
Sex: Female
Weight: approx. 80 lbs./40 kg.
Height: approx. 1 foot tall

Mom and baby are doing fine. Our new baby girl is healthy and makes the latest addition to the largest herd of Cape Buffalo within the AZA network of North America.

Cape Buffalo baby with mother and herd member.

Impala babies (three)
Birth date: 6/13/09
Sex: Male

Birth date: 6/17/09
Sex: unknown at this time

Birth date: 6/19/09
Sex: unknown at this time

Impala babies weigh approximately 3-4 lbs. at birth and are a bundle of long legs and tall ears. We don't know the sex of the two newest babies because antelope mothers hide their young early on and so far they haven't let the keepers get close enough to determine whether they are male or female. We know they'll find out soon, though!

Impala baby with mother.

Springbok baby (one)
Birth date: 5/20/09
Sex: male
Weight at birth: under 5 lbs.

Just like Impala babies, Springbok babies are all legs and ears. Watching them practice their newfound pronking skill is quite an amusing site!

Springbok baby with mother.

Safari West's 2009 Winter and Spring Hoofed Babies

February
We welcomed two Bongos, two Eland and an Addax - late winter babies beating the springtime rush!

March
The first month of Spring brought us two more Eland, one Red Lechwe, one more Addax, and one Nyala (pictured)...

2008 Animal Births at Safari West

During 2008 there were ninety-five Safari West babies born! Seventy-six of the little ones are mammals and nineteen are birds. Our beautiful babies came in many shapes and sizes.

Here's a breakdown of the species that had babies over the last year in our wide open Sonoma Serengeti spaces.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Births
Addax	Addax nasomaculatus	7
Aoudad/Barbary Sheep	Ammotragus lervia	1
Bongo	Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci	2
Black-necked Swan	Cygnus melanocoryphus	4
Blue Duiker	Cephalophus monticola bicolor	4
Cape Buffalo	Syncerus caffer	2
Damara Zebra	Equus burchellii antiquorum	4
Eland	Taurotragus oryx	9
Ellipsis Waterbuck	Kobus ellipsiprymnus ellipsiprymnus	3
Gemsbok	Oryx gazella gazella	1
Greater Kudu	Tragelaphus strepsiceros	4
Golden Pheasant	Chysolophus pictus	1
Impala	Aepyceros melampus	2
Indian Crested Porcupine	Hystrix indica	3
Masai Giraffe	Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi	1
Nubian Ibex	Capra nubiana	4
Nyala	Tragelaphus angasii	4
Red Lechwe	Kobus lechwe lechwe	2
Reticulated Giraffe	Giraffa camelopardalis	2
Ring-tailed Lemur	Lemur catta	1
Roan Antelope	Hippotragus equinus	2
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	9
Scimitar-horned Oryx	Oryx dammah	8
Spur-winged Lapwing	Vanellus spinosus	2
Watusi Cattle	Bos taurus taurus watusi	10
White-bellied Stork	Ciconia abdimii	1
White-faced Whistling Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	2

After documenting over ninety-two animal births at Safari West wildlife preserve, the Press Democrat published a page containing all their photos and a link to the birth of our baby giraffe, Zena. Zena was Zarafa's first baby. She's all grown up now.

We don't have a link to the photo page, but here is the link to the giraffe birth:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/interactive/giraffe/index.html

We will try to post a full list of babies plus their photos very soon - in the meantime, come for a visit! Babies do grow up fast these days.

Breeding Success -- Safari West is committed to the management of captive populations to support wild populations, and has put significant effort and commitment into the conservation of many species living here. Animals are supplied with healthy diets that simulate the nutrients that they consume in the wild. Gleaning the most up-to-date information from zoo nutritionists, the animal management staff is constantly improving diets to meet the wild inhabitant's nutritional needs in a manner that best supports reproduction. "To allow our animals to exhibit naturalistic behaviors, including reproduction, we make every attempt to provide our wildlife with the most naturalistic settings possible. This includes multi-acre habitats, wooded areas, streams, and ponds," says Nancy Lang, Ph.D.

So load the camera, bring the zoom, and get ready to celebrate these true miracles of nature. Stop by soon, kids grow up so fast these days!

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