News: Amid Fires, Santa Rosa Wildlife Preserve Welcomes New Addition, his name is "Tubbs" (Update: Tubbs died)

[Arcadia]

Photo of Tubbs in the news links

 

“Safari West sent out a press release Monday afternoon announcing that, even as the wildfires continue to burn in the North Bay, the preserve was celebrating the arrival of a new member to the Safari West family.

 

A new Nile lechwe that the staff has christened Tubbs after the fire that roared through Santa Rosa was born during the past week. An aquatic antelope found only in a small area of eastern Africa, Nile lechwe are an endangered species.â€

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/10/16/amid-fires-santa-rosa-wildlife-preserve-welcomes-new-addition/

 

“And on Friday morning, the preserve welcomed a newborn baby Nile lechew. Appropriately, his name is Tubbs.

 

Tubbs stood on wobbly legs with a Safari West giraffe and struck a pose. He is now among the rest of the animals that are reportedly fine despite the week’s chaos. These are animals would have likely succumbed to the wildfire devastation if not for the efforts of Peter Lang, the preserve’s owner, who was armed with a garden hoses.

 

The Nile lechwe is part of the waterbuck family of antelope – which get their name from predominantly living around water. The species native to South Sudan and Ethiopia is endangered.â€

http://www.ktvu.com/news/santa-rosas-safari-west-welcomes-new-addition-his-name-is-tubbs

Edited October 17, 2017 by Arcadia in CA

[Liz CA]

Something to celebrate in the midst of such destruction!

[Arcadia]

Tubbs has died :(

 

“(KRON) — A days-old endangered baby antelope born at Safari West amid destructive North Bay wildfires has died.

 

Aphrodite Caserta, spokeswoman for Sonoma County’s Safari West, said Tuesday the cause of the animal’s death is unknown.

 

The species is found in swamps and grasslands in South Sudan and Ethiopia.

 

The baby was born Friday as thick smoke clogged parts of wine country during deadly fires that began Oct. 8.â€

http://kron4.com/2017/10/17/baby-tubbs-born-at-safari-west-during-fires-has-died/