News

16 July 2009

Baby Boom at Woburn Safari Park

Woburn Safari Park has experienced a major baby boom over the past two weeks.

Baby Boom at Woburn Safari Park

Staff are celebrating the arrival of three baby Squirrel Monkeys, an endangered Przewalski foal as well as two pygmy goat kids and one lorikeet chick, which are being hand fed.

These babies join the other young born earlier this year which includes 2 red river hoglets, 4 Patas Monkey and 6 barbary Monkey babies as well as a red bellied Lemur and Penguin chick.

There are some occasions when babies in the Park need a little extra help if their mothers can not rear the young on their own. This year the pygmy goat twins are having a helping hand with extra feeds from staff. Animal Encounters Deputy Team Leader Katie Rice has been kept busy with the new arrivals. ¨Babies are definitely hard work¨, commented Katie who has been enjoying feeding the baby goats during the night! ¨But it is rewarding to see them do so well and grow up. We have named the goats Maizie and Poppy.¨