It’s a Boy! Baby Zebra Joins the Herd at Cape May Zoo

The Cape May Zoo has been celebrating a new baby in the zebra family. There is a new foal in the Grant's zebra herd.

On May 21, Cape May Zoo welcomed a male foal born to Lydia and Ziggy! The foal is the first male born at the zoo in recent years.

What is a Grant's Zebra?

According to Cape May Zoo, a Grant's zebra, or common zebra, is native to eastern and southeastern Africa.

In nature, they prefer to eat tall coarse grasses.  At the zoo, the zebras are fed a diet of hay and grain.

The zebra looks very much like a horse, although the mane is short and stands upright, and the body is stockier and relatively short-legged. Both males and females can weigh up to 800 pounds and grow to be 4.5 feet tall.

In the wild, they usually live about 20 years, but can double that lifespan in captivity.

Cape May Zoo tells us the Grant’s zebras ' foals gestation lasts 13 months, and foals are born ready to take on the world, running within an hour of birth.

Cape May Zoo's Grant's Zebra Herd

There is a big, happy herd of Grant's zebras at Cape May Zoo.

Ziggy is our stallion with fillies Lydia, Gracie, Gretta, Stormy, and Stardust.

Lydia added another gal, Gaia, the Greek Goddess of Earth. The baby foal hasn't been publicly named yet.

Although foals take frequent naps, you’ll also be able to observe the foal nursing and playing in the zebra yard with the rest of the herd.

The Zoo, at 707 US-9 North, Cape May Court House, is open daily at  10 am - 4:30 pm., and admission is free.