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Showing posts with label World Animal Day. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Planet's Rarest Babies at Wildlife Reserves Singapore!


In celebration of the World Animal Day this year, Wildlife Reserves Singapore announced the arrival of some of the world’s rarest babies, among them the critically endangered Sunda pangolin that is native to Singapore.

Photo by Wildlife Reserves Singapore

Between January and August 2014, over 400 animal babies were born or hatched in Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari, River Safari and Singapore Zoo. Nearly one in four births belongs to animals listed as ‘threatened’ in the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species* and these include the Bali mynah, Javan langur, proboscis monkey and giant anteater.

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