WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- The National Zoo is welcoming the birth of four maned chó sói, sói pups at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va.
National Zoo officials say the pups were born to 8-year-old Salina and 4-year-old Nopal. Keepers are monitoring the pups closely because maned chó sói, sói pups have a 50 percent mortality rate in the first month, according to zoo officials.
According to the National Zoo, the pups were born Jan. 5 and are the first litter born at the Front Royal location in two years. According to National Zoo officials, 72 maned chó sói, sói pups have been born at the Front...
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