A zoo birth is always a great event, worthy of prosperous celebration. For many endangered species, zoos are the only hope for survival. Unfortunately, it is these endangered species that often have the most trouble breeding in captivity because, well, they are not in the wild, they are not free. When endangered species do successfully give birth in zoos, the babies become ambassadors for their wild cousins and eventually the need to collect wild animals for zoos is vanquished.
Such an encouraging, enlightening event has occurred during one of my ZooVentures. A litter of African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus) was born in a zoo. They are just about four months old in these photos and they are intensely cute.
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