Top 10 Zoos for Baby Animals

Julie Larsen Maher, WCS

Spring is the perfect time of year to take a trip to the zoo, and it has nothing to do with the weather. Between March and June, zoos all over the continent will be debuting baby animals to the public for the first time. Besides giraffes and elephants, rare and endangered species like Bornean orangutans, African cheetahs, and Malayan tapirs will be coming out to play. So forget that African safari-stay closer to home and still get a peak at how animals on the Savanna deal with rambunctious youngsters. Here are our picks for the 10 cutest new arrivals in North America.