Long-legged Bactrian camel calf born at Whipsnade Zoo

A fluffy Bactrian camel calf, born at Whipsnade Zoo on March 21 to parents Izzy and Oakley, has been named Sophia.The baby calf is named after Sophia Raffles, the first woman to become a fellow of ZSL in 1826. Sophia joins her sister Sally, who was born in 2024, and 10-month-old half-brother Ivor at the zoo’s drive-through habitat, Passage through Asia.