Two dama gazelle calves born at Columbus Zoo

Two dama gazelle calves were born last month at The Columbus Zoo, according to an announcement from the zoo on Tuesday.

Zoo officials said the unnamed calves are doing well and are bonding with their mothers in a back section of the Heart of Africa region. The exhibit will reopen in early May.

Right now, there are less than 300 dama gazelles left in their native range.

Officials say dama gazelle calves are critically endangered and are considered the rarest type of gazette. They can weigh as much as 165 pounds.

Along with the dama gazelles born at the zoo, a male common eland calf Donnelly, was born last month at The Wilds, marking the first eland born there in 17 years.



