Baby boom at Amnéville Zoo

(CS) The zoo in Amnéville, around 45 minutes from Luxembourg City in France, has welcomed more than 60 new arrivals in May and June, with a number of the births part of international conservation programmes for endangered species.

The Amnéville Zoo in a statement published Monday said that the baby boom at the zoo was a record for the popular regional attraction. 

Among the animal babies born are a squirrel monkey, four bush pigs, one dik-dik dwarf antilope, four Humboldt penguins, a Dalmatian pelican, three bald ibis birds, two bald eagles, a Rüppell's vulture, two snowy owls and two Ural owls. The births of these animals are extremely rare, according to the zoo. 

Also among the mix of baby animals are a llama, a lemming, an otter, two marmosets, a Ouessant sheep and a number of bird chicks.

Earlier this year, Amnéville Zoo had welcomed five white lion cubs, while last October it announced the birth of 30 animal babies.