Overview

• Miloli, whose name means ‘joy’ in Bantu, is a male calf born May 6 to mother Ada and father Stomp after a 14-month pregnancy.
• Zoo staff published footage showing the newborn’s dramatic arrival and first wobbly steps, offering a rare glimpse of the elusive ‘African unicorn.’
• Okapi numbers have plunged by more than 50 percent over the past two decades and the species is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.
• Chester Zoo scientists have applied hormone analysis of faecal samples for over 15 years to support an international okapi breeding programme.
• The zoo is partnering with the Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Okapi Conservation Project to conduct field surveys in Semuliki National Park and the Ituri Forest to bolster wild populations.