

While the cubs’ biological mother is Kibibi, the cubs were delivered at 9:50 p.m. These efforts were also part of a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan® and the Cheetah Sustainability Program (CSP), developed to manage a sustainable population of cheetahs in human care. The births are the result of careful planning and innovative medical expertise through a partnership between the Columbus Zoo, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Va., and Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, Texas-three leading institutions with a commitment to conservation. While this is already a significant achievement, their births are even more cause for celebration as they marked a scientific breakthrough-the cubs are the world’s first cheetahs ever to be born via in vitro fertilization and successful embryo transfer into a surrogate mother.
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