The search is on for a name for one of Bristol's cutest new arrivals - a zebra foal that has been born at the Wild Place Project.
The stripey young foal is male and its parents are named Florence and Peter - and the Wild Place are now looking for people to choose the name for the youngster, from a shortlist of three.
The shortlist choice is George, Ralph or Wallace, and the vote is taking place on the Wild Place Project's Facebook page, and will run until midnight at the end of Wednesday, May 4.
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The foal is now two weeks old - it was born on Easter Saturday, April 16, was tentatively standing up within minutes and can now be seen gambolling around the paddock he shares with his parents, some giraffes and some elands.
Will Walker is the animal manager at Wild Place Project, and he said he's being protected by his dad if the big giraffes and elands get too close.
“The foal is doing really well – feeding regularly, full of energy and he’s healthy and alert, which is exactly what we’d hoped to see," he said. "He enjoys running around the field but returns to mum often for a bit of reassurance. He’s mixing well with the elands in the paddock and this week we have started introducing him to the giraffes so they can get to know each other.
"Florence is a confident mother, this is her second foal and she is doing brilliantly. Pete is a great father and is protective of the youngster, putting himself between the foal and the elands if they get too close and inquisitive – so they are all doing a fantastic job," he added.
The new foal is a plains zebra which is classified as Near Threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Their numbers are in decline in their native Africa due to hunting and loss of habitat.
Another youngster at Wild Place Project, a wolverine kit, is also growing well and has been spotted by visitors exploring its forest home in Bear Wood. The kit, which is female, has been named Eunice after the February storms, which swept the nation on the night she was born.
It is the first time a wolverine kit has been born at Wild Place Project. The birth is particularly exciting as wolverines became extinct in the wild in Britain more than 8,000 years ago.
The Wild Place Project will soon be Bristol's only zoo - the historic Clifton site of Bristol Zoo is closing soon, and will move to the Wild Place, on the edge of the city near Cribbs Causeway, in 2024.
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