UK’s largest zoo celebrates ‘baby boom’ with new births of endangered horses and penguins

The UK’s largest zoo is celebrating a ‘baby boom,’ with births of several animals from extinct in the wild and endangered species.

Whipsnade Zoo has welcomed 13 extinct in the wild Père David’s fawns, two endangered Przewalski’s foals, and two endangered northern rockhopper penguin chicks.

“These births are important victories for the European Endangered Species Program (EEP), as we work to ensure these animals, which face a myriad of threats in the wild, have a strong and genetically varied population at conservations zoos like Whipsnade,” Head of Zoological Operations Matt Webb said.

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