NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — One of the Okapi at the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center is pregnant.

According to the Audubon Nature Institute, eight-year-old Aslili is due to give birth to her second calf sometime at the end of the year after a 14-month pregnancy. The father of Aslili's calf is 10-year-old Miraq. This will be his first calf. • (Courtesy: Audubon Nature Institute) • (Courtesy: Audubon Nature Institute) • (Courtesy: Audubon Nature Institute)

Okapi are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.

Okapi are shy, solitary animals, native to the forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are the only living relatives of giraffes, sometimes nicknamed "forest giraffes." They are considered one of

See Full Page