Overview

• Kobe Animal Kingdom opened public viewing for three striped skunk kits born May 10 on July 4, drawing summer visitors with their playful behavior.
• The park welcomed three American beaver kits on June 16, marking the first births of the species there in about eight years.
• A kinkajou kit named Mona was born in May at Kobe Animal Kingdom and is now on exhibit alongside the skunk and beaver kits.
• At Izu-Mito Sea Paradise, mother Kinu and her male pup born June 14 are housed separately from other pinnipeds and on window-only display, with the pup weighing 10.3 kg as of July 4.
• Female pygmy hippo Koume has been off exhibit since June 23 ahead of her expected first calf.