After a rocky start to 2023, Dallas Zoo has welcomed a brand-new baby elephant.
Courtesy of Dallas Zoo: Multiple enclosures were vandalized, a clouded leopard got loose, a pair of monkeys was stolen and an old endangered vulture was apparently killed. So on Wednesday, we were relieved to see a zoo press release bearing decidedlyDallas Zoo welcomed the birth of a 290-pound baby African elephant late last month. On Sunday, Feb. 26, the momma-phant, Mlilo, delivered the healthy-but-heavy gray prince.
Staff at the zoo monitored Mlilo closely throughout her pregnancy, the zoo announced in a social media post on Wednesday.
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