Busch Gardens welcomes new baby gazelle

Last week, Busch Gardens shared with us a look at their new baby cheetah (he's great!), and today, they share with us a look at the newest baby gazelle of the park! Take a look:

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BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA WELCOMES BABY THOMSON’S GAZELLE

Young Calf is Gaining Weight in Response to Care

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 (Tampa, FL) – Busch Gardens’ hoof-stock care team is currently hand raising a baby female Thomson’s gazelle. The baby weighed just over four pounds at birth on February 25.

 

When the calf refused to take milk from its mother, the park’s animal care team started bottle-feeding the baby.  She is now receiving five bottle feedings each day and is weighed daily to monitor her health.  At  about four weeks old, she has already gained more than two pounds.

Thomson’s gazelles, also called “tommies,” are one of three migratory species that make up the vast Serengeti migration. Like the zebra and the wildebeest, the Tommie population can reach more than 500,000 per migration.

This baby will remain in the park’s back area until she is healthy enough to join the herd of Thomson’s gazelles on the 65-acre Serengeti Plain. Guests can view the herd from Nairobi Walkway and get close-up views of the animals on the Serengeti Express Railway.

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So, aren't they beautiful? Especially when they're babies, they look even nicer!

We hope that the baby Thompson gazelle will gain more weight, so that she can join the rest of the herd soon!

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