There are approximately 15,000 okapis globally, the zoo estimates. Habitat destruction and poaching have harmed the species’ population.

In 2012, an armed group of poachers killed seven people and 14 okapis at Epulu, and while the security situation in the area has improved since then, threats persist. The protected area is ...

It’s the first okapi (Okapia johnstoni) there in more than 10 years, after an armed attack killed killed seven people and the Epulu wildlife facility’s population of 14 captive okapis (Okapia ...

In 2012 a militia murdered two rangers, other officials, and 14 animals at the Okapi Conservation Center. This year brought ...

Okapis are only found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where about 10,000 remain in the wild. Chester Zoo said Arabi, a six-week-old female, had been named after a village in DRC's Okapi ...

Okapis are a large, hoofed animal related to the giraffe. They have a red-brown velvety coat with distinctive black and white stripes on their back legs. Like giraffes, okapis have long ...

Okapis are a rare, endangered animal often called the "ghost of the forests" in their native Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species is the giraffe's only living relative; the zoo shared in ...

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