WATCH – MEET UCHE: In today's edition of #BringTheZooToYou, Animal Care Supervisor Megan L. introduces you to one of the coolest animals around – the okapi! Uche is one of four okapi that call the Dallas Zoo home. He may look kinda like a zebra, but listen as Megan explains which animal he's actually related to. | Dallas Zoo

The Okapi Conservation Project (OCP) works with the Institute Congolaise pour la Conservation do la Nature (ICCN) to support and improve the livelihood of local people and their environment. This includes an agroforestry programme that helps provide seeds and training to improve farming yields using sustainable practices. OCP plans to plant 100,000 seedlings by the end of 2023 to combat deforestation and preserve Okapi habitat. Strengthening relationships with local and indigenous communities ha

Recently captured by our camera traps deep in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, this footage shows an okapi moving freely through its undisturbed rainforest home—a testament to the power of conservation. Protecting these forests means protecting the okapi and countless other species that depend on them. | Okapi Conservation Project