The newest addition to the Oregon Zoo is adorable, and it’s helping boost the population of a once-endangered species.
A baby bontebok was born at the Zoo April 1 to Winter, his 8-year-old mother, according to a news release from the Oregon Zoo. The bontebok is a species of grazing antelope native to the coastal plains of northwestern South Africa, according to the zoo’s website. But after being hunted to near extinction in the early 20th century, the herbivores are now only found in zoos, farms, and game preserves.
” Gomez described the baby boy as “living proof of the impact people can have if we work together for wildlife.” “A couple hundred years ago, there were only 17 bontebok left on the planet, and the species was headed for almost certain extinction,” she said in the release. The antelopes were overhunted by Dutch settlers in southern Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries who viewed them as pests, according to the zoo.
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