Okapi History in Zoos and Care Overview || AFTPOAC Zoo Episode 1: Okapi Pass

Here's my habitat build and care overview of the Okapi for the AFTPOAC Zoo. I have a rough plan of the next few animals I want to cover but if you have one you'd like to see first, comment down below. I hope you enjoy!

Links to my other social media pages:
https://linktr.ee/DMAD_Biological_Departments

Links to Sources
Planet Zoo Steam Page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/703080/Planet_Zoo/

Sources
https://www.britannica.com/animal/okapi
https://www.okapiconservation.org/zoo-network-the-americas/
https://animals.net/okapi/
https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/okapi/reproduction
http://www.zoocentral.dk/uploads/4/9/7/5/49755431/okapi_-_sdwap_-1997.pdf
http://www.zoocentral.dk/uploads/4/9/7/5/49755431/okapi_-_aza_-_2004.pdf
https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/okapi/summary
http://theokapi.org/husbandry/enclosure.aspx
http://theokapi.org/Husbandry/nutrition.aspx
https://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/okapi/page/2/
https://www.czs.org/Chicago-Zoological-Society/About/Press-room/2015-Press-Releases/Okapi-Calf-Born-at-Brookfield-Zoo
https://www.okapiconservation.org/ssp-eep/
Image sources
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp02448/sir-harry-hamilton-johnston
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Morton-Stanley
https://aboutzoos.info/zoos/zoo-database/europe-zoo-database/241-antwerp-zoo#:~:text=The%20first%20living%20okapi%20in,encapsulated%20by%20the%20growing%20city.
https://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/hoofed_mammals/okapi.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1937/08/08/archives/a-strange-beast-the-okapi-the-bronx-zoos-latest-guest-belongs-to-an.html
https://www.czs.org/Chicago-Zoological-Society/About/Press-room/2015-Press-Releases/Okapi-Calf-Born-at-Brookfield-Zoo#:~:text=Brookfield%20Zoo%20was%20the%20site,okapi%20born%20at%20Brookfield%20Zoo.
https://www.iucn.org/news/species-survival-commission/202110/world-okapi-day#:~:text=The%20species%20is%20currently%20classified,number%20a%20few%20thousand%20today.
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/okapi/#:~:text=There%20are%2022%2C000%20Okapis%20left%20in%20the%20world.
https://www.okapiconservation.org/

Potawatomi Zoo Okapi Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO9vQn9nz4Y

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