BBZeeBee Name Reveal - Toronto Zoo

#BBZeeBee has a name! With over 8,500 votes, one name has emerged as your favourite… introducing Poe! Poe was chosen through online voting from a list of four preselected names, in keeping with the tradition of naming our Grevy’s zebra offspring after Star Wars inspired names, previous zebra babies were named Luke, Leia, Rey and Obi. Tori, a ten-year-old female endangered Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi), gave birth to a healthy male foal in the early morning hours on Tuesday December 1, 2020 weighing 52.1 kilograms. This is the fourth foal for mom Tori and the fifth for dad Jake, a thirteen-year-old male. This foal, born as part of the Grevy’s Zebra Species Survival Plan (SSP), will help to increase Jake’s underrepresented genetics within the population. Both mom and foal are doing well. The Grevy’s zebra has been listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation and Nature (IUCN) for decades. Habitat loss, competition with livestock, and poaching are their primary threats. The Toronto Zoo is p