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Bouncing Baby Bongos Born at Belfast Zoo

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Belfast Zoological Gardens is celebrating the birth of two bongo calves, who have been named Bert and Bo.
Belfast Zoological Gardens is celebrating the birth of two bongo calves, who have been named Bert and Bo. (Image credit: Belfast Zoo)

In recent weeks, the Belfast Zoo has welcomed two new baby Eastern bongos, a critfically endangered antelope species.

Bo was born on 24 February, to mother, Fern and Bert was born on 14 March, to mother, Willa. Resident male, Embu, is father to both calves. [See the new bongo babies .]

Zoos are playing a role in the effort to help the species survive both by breeding calves and with a reintroduction program started in 2004 that reintroduced bongos from zoos across America into the wild.

Since 2005, the Belfast Zoo has bred over 22 calves, including 5 males and 17 females.

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