Today, many zoos promote the protection of biodiversity as a significant part of their mission. As conservation “arks” for endangered species and, increasingly, as leaders in field conservation projects such as the reintroduction of captive-born animals to the wild, they’re preparing to play an even more significant role in the effort to save species in this century.
For the first time, a calf is born at Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo. Tetley, a Shornhorn milking cow, gave birth to her calf earlier this month.
Three Amur tiger cubs made their debut at the Bronx Zoo on Wednesday. The cubs, two females and one male, will be on exhibit with their mother Katharina at Tiger Mountain intermittently for the first few weeks.