This year has been kind of rough for many individuals and organizations, and Malaysia’s national zoo is one such establishment that has been impacted. Although running at a loss, and with the death of a prized Malayan tiger cub further marring the year 2020, Zoo Negara is looking forward to welcoming the New Year with much hope.
Now, just when we thought that there was not much action at the zoo with a plunge in visitors, here’s what has been brewing behind the scenes…or cages and dens more like it. A blessing of a different kind as one may choose to see it, with an absence in the usual flow of tourists and sightseers, animals at the zoo apparently found the time to mate, resulting in 55 new baby animals.
Awwwwww….From right to left on each row: a baby wallaby, nyala antelope, banteng and Malayan porcupine, some of the cuties you can now visit at Zoo Negara!
Zoo Negara is now home to baby wallabies, nyala antelope, banteng (Borneo wild cattle), Malayan porcupine, brush-tailed porcupine, greater mousedeer, padamelon, Indian gaur, capybara, and red lechwe antelope. But wait…there’s more to the list. Volunteers and zookeepers now have the added responsibility to tend to hatchlings from a milky stork and a Malay buffy fish owl.
More of the latest junior residents at Zoo Negara include (from right to left on both rows): baby greater mousedeer, Indian gaur, padamelon, and capybara
Zoo officials also mentioned that they have been lucky this year with the successful natural breeding of various snake species including copperhead racers, mangrove snakes, Wagler’s pit vipers, and granite and albino pythons.
And yup, even more! (Right to left on both rows): New residents also include the following species- Red Lechwe Antelope, Milky Stork, Malay Buffy Fish Owl and Albino Python, to name a few.
You can visit Zoo Negara Malaysia’s official website, Instagram and Facebook pages to catch a glimpse of these newborns, or to support their ‘Adopt an Animal’ initiative.
Now, when the control order is fully lifted, and when it is much safer to travel, it would surely be nice to pop by the zoo to see how these babies are doing.
