first striped hyena born in indonesia welcomed by bali safari park
Last year a clan of hyenas arrived at the Island and now they are making it a permanent home by welcoming not just their first but Indonesia's first baby hyena born on 8th October at Bali Safari Park.
Manama, one of the four hyenas gave birth to a beautiful baby hyena girl weighing 860 grams. Two weeks after her birth she opened her eyes to see the world for the first time and a week later her teeth began growing and now she has learned how to talk.
The arrival of Indonesian celebrity Jessica Iskandar earlier this month assisted in the baby mammal’s name-selecting. The actress and mother of one finally locked in Mooi, which is Dutch for beautiful.
Mooi is currently under the intensive care of Safari doctors, receiving formula milk every four hours due to Manama’s milk being insufficient for her growth.
Thomas Colbert, the General Manager of Bali Safari Park, described the birth as a “joy that cannot be described with words.”
“This is because we, as a conservation institution, have succeeded in breeding this unique animal for the first time in Bali, or maybe even in Indonesia. Even more, during the COVID-19 pandemic conditions,” he said.