page_title: Breeding programs at Zoo Basel
section_title: Okapi
hierarchical_section_title: Breeding programs at Zoo Basel / Okapi
caption_attribution_description: English: Okapis in the outdoor exhibit
context_page_description: The breeding programs at Zoo Basel have had many highlights since the zoo's opening in 1874. These include the worldwide first zoo births of an Indian rhinoceros and greater flamingo hatch, as well as the first European gorilla birth. Due to Zoo Basel's successful breeding programs, it manages the international studbook for the Indian rhinoceros and the pygmy hippopotamus, as well as several European studbooks.
context_section_description: Worldwide, there are about 160 okapis living in zoos. In Europe, there are about 55. Since Basel Zoo's first zoo birth in 1957, twenty-two okapis have been born in Basel (2009).
caption: Stomp and Xina
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