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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 ...
It is the only species in the genus Okapia. Although the okapi has striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe. The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae. The okapi stands about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder and has a typical body length around 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in).
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 Wildlife Reserve – an area 13,700 square kilometers, about one-fifth of the Ituri Forest – was created with the help of the Okapi Wildlife Project in 1992. The project continues to support the reserve by training and equipping wildlife guards and by providing assistance to improve the lives of neighboring communities. [1]
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5 News at 5, [1] also known as Channel 5 News, is the flagship news programme of British broadcaster Channel 5. It is produced by ITN from its main newsroom on London's Gray's Inn Road , and has been broadcast since Channel 5's launch in March 1997.
A hiker was found alive this week in the remote wilderness of northwestern Canada, where he had been lost for more than five weeks, authorities said. Sam Benastick was initially reported missing ...
News Tonight (formerly News 5 Tonight, News 5 and before 1994 as just News) is a Singapore English long-running main flagship daily television news bulletin programme on Mediacorp Channel 5 since its inception which runs daily from 21:00 until 21:30 SGT on daily/public holidays, providing a round-up of all the day's events around Singapore, as well as coverage of breaking news and occasional ...