Walt Disney World Celebrates World Okapi Day

Filed in: Disney's Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

A Disney animal keeper celebrates World Okapi Day – Oct. 18, 2022 – with okapi calf Beni and his mom Olivia at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Beni is the fifth okapi born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge and the twelfth born at Walt Disney World Resort. His birth was recommended through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan, which ensures responsible breeding of threatened species in managed care. (David Roark, photographer)