Get to know Tunga, a rescued baby oryx It is still a delicate time for this orphaned male oryx, who lost his mother to lions when he was only a few days old. Without his mother, and in need of protection and milk, KWS brought the calf from Laikipia to our care where he’d have the best chance at life. Tunga – as we have named him - arrived ay our Kaluku Field Headquarters at the end of February and was so young, his umbilical cord could still be seen. Since then we have provided him with the cons

Three of the four oryx species call Fossil Rim home. A family trait of the Oryx genus are their horns, that can reach over 3 ft in length. 🤯 The oryx refers to four large antelope of the genus Oryx: the Arabian oryx (O. leucoryx) which can be found in the game preserve pasture with the giraffe. The scimitar-horned oryx (O. dammah) who can be found in our front pasture with the southern white rhino. The gemsbok (O. gazella) which can be found in the main pasture with the addax antelope. The fort

32K views · 2.6K reactions | The majestic scimitar-horned oryx is truly a beauty 歷 A species of antelope once declared ‘Extinct in the Wild’, successful conservation work by zoos around the world resulted in them being downlisted to ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. | Dublin Zoo | Facebook

7.4K views · 203 reactions | The species that was brought back from...