Another New Baby!

We're thrilled to announce a second black lemur birth at the Isle of Wight Zoo. First time mum Aprily had her baby yesterday - a great discovery for the keepers when they came into work that morning. This follows Adala's baby, who was born on the 20th April.

Aprily has so far been a little shyer than Adala was, and so we haven't been able to get a really good view of the baby. However they seem to be bonding well and Aprily is showing every sign of being a great Mum.

Our black lemurs are part of the European Endangered Species Programme, which involves zoos across Europe cooperating to introduce suitable lemurs to each other in the hope of maintaining a genetically healthy group of animals. As black lemurs are classed by the IUCN as a Vulnerable species it's vital to have a zoo population to back up their wild relations.

We don't know yet if the baby is male or female, but hopefully it will have a bright future helping conserve its species.



Although we weren't able to get any pictures of the new baby yet, here's one of Adala's daughter. She doesn't look too pleased to be having her face washed in public.