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The okapi population is managed in America by the AZA's Species Survival Plan, a breeding program that works to ensure genetic diversity in the captive population of endangered animals, while the EEP (European studbook) and ISB (Global studbook) are managed by Antwerp Zoo in Belgium, which was the first zoo to have an Okapi on display (in 1919 ...
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve (French: Réserve de faune à okapis) is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with South Sudan and Uganda. [3] At approximately 14,000 km 2, it covers approximately one-fifth of the area of the forest.
The Okapi Conservation Project (OCP) was founded in 1987 for the protection of the okapis (Okapia johnstoni) and their habitat. Okapis are found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo [ 1 ] and are seen as the major flagship species of the Ituri Forest . [ 2 ]
The young okapi marks the 18th born at the Cincinnati Zoo since 1989. There are approximately 15,000 okapis globally, the zoo estimates. Habitat destruction and poaching have harmed the species ...
Kora was born to parents Ada and Stomp as part of an endangered species breeding programme at Chester Zoo
Highly-endangered okapi baby ventures outside for first timeSource: Chester Zoo
With a wide range of different habitats, from Afromontane forests to marshes, steppes, and lowland forests, it is rich in biodiversity and home to species such as the mountain gorilla (pictured), eastern lowland gorilla, chimpanzee, large numbers of hippopotamus, as well as endangered species such as the okapi and Ruwenzori duiker.
It is home for more than 10,000 types of plants, 600 timber species, as well as 1,000 bird species, 280 reptile species, and 400 mammal species, including the forest elephant, gorilla, forest buffalo, bongo, and okapi. Many of these wildlife species are threatened animals such as large lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. [2]