Editing Okapi (section)

===Okapis in zoos===
[[File:Jonge dieren in onze dierentuinen, Blijdorp Weeknummer 60-17 - Open Beelden - 47662.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=0:09|1960 Dutch newsreel about okapis in [[Diergaarde Blijdorp]]]]

Around 100 okapis are in accredited [[Association of Zoos and Aquariums]] (AZA) zoos. The okapi population is managed in America by the AZA's Species Survival Plan, a breeding program that works to ensure genetic diversity in the captive population of endangered animals, while the [[European Endangered Species Programme|EEP]] (European studbook) and ISB (Global studbook) are managed by [[Antwerp Zoo]] in Belgium, which was the first zoo to have an Okapi on display (in 1919), as well as one of the most successful in breeding them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flanderstoday.eu/living/okapis-and-men-antwerp-zoo-helps-preserve-endangered-species |title=Of okapis and men: Antwerp Zoo helps preserve endangered species |date=2016-08-12 |website=[[The Bulletin (Belgian magazine)#Flanders Today|Flanders Today]] |access-date=2018-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814194411/http://www.flanderstoday.eu/living/okapis-and-men-antwerp-zoo-helps-preserve-endangered-species |archive-date=2016-08-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Zooquaria/ZQ85.pdf |title=Okapi's Half-Century |journal=Zooquaria |publisher=[[European Association of Zoos and Aquaria|EAZA]] |issue=85 |date=Spring 2014 |page=7 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825055536/https://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Zooquaria/ZQ85.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1937, the [[Bronx Zoo]] became the first in North America to acquire an okapi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4802/Bronx-Zoo-Debuts-Its-Baby-Okapi.aspx |title=Bronx Zoo Debuts Its Baby Okapi |date=2009-07-27 |work=[[Wildlife Conservation Society|WCSNewsroom]] |access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref> With one of the most successful breeding programs, 13 calves have been born there between 1991 and 2011.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/08/baby-okapi-makes-public-debut-at-bronx-zoo/ |title = Baby Okapi Makes Public Debut At Bronx Zoo|date = 8 November 2011 |website=[[WCBS-TV|newyork.cbslocal.com]] |access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref> The [[San Diego Zoo]] has exhibited okapis since 1956, and their first okapi calf was born in 1962.<ref name="SDZ">{{cite web|url=http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/okapi |title=Animals & Plants {{!}} Okapi |website=[[San Diego Zoo|animals.sandiegozoo.org]] |access-date=2017-10-04}}</ref> Since then, there have been more than 60 okapis born at the zoo and the nearby [[San Diego Zoo Safari Park]], the most recent being Mosi, a male calf born on 21&nbsp;July 2017 at the zoo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/things-to-do/sd-me-zoo-okapi-20170823-story.html |title=Endangered okapi born at San Diego Zoo |last=Peterson |first=Karla |date=2017-08-23 |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref> The [[Brookfield Zoo]] in [[Chicago]] has also greatly contributed to the captive population of okapis in accredited zoos. The zoo has had 28 okapi births since 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/05/26/brookfield-zoo-okapi-birth/ |title=Brookfield Zoo Celebrates Its 28th Okapi Birth Since 1959 |date=26 May 2017 |website=[[WBBM-TV|chicago.cbslocal.com]] |access-date=2017-10-04}}</ref>

Other North American zoos that exhibit and breed okapis include: [[Denver Zoo]] and [[Cheyenne Mountain Zoo]] (Colorado); [[Houston Zoo]], [[Dallas Zoo]], and [[San Antonio Zoo]] (Texas); [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]], [[White Oak Conservation]], [[Zoo Miami]], and [[ZooTampa at Lowry Park]] (Florida); [[Los Angeles Zoo]], [[Sacramento Zoo]], and [[San Diego Zoo]] (California); [[Saint Louis Zoo]] (Missouri); [[Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden]] and [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]] (Ohio); [[Memphis Zoo]] and [[Nashville Zoo at Grassmere|Nashville Zoo]] (Tennessee); [[The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore]] (Maryland); [[Sedgwick County Zoo]] and [[Tanganyika Wildlife Park]] (Kansas); [[Roosevelt Park Zoo]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 September 2017|title=Okapi arrives at Roosevelt Park Zoo|work=Minot Daily News|url=https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2017/09/okapi-arrives-at-roosevelt-park-zoo/|access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806033135/https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2017/09/okapi-arrives-at-roosevelt-park-zoo/ |archive-date=2020-08-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> (North Dakota); [[Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium]] (Nebraska); [[Philadelphia Zoo]] (Pennsylvania); [[Potawatomi Zoo]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.potawatomizoo.org/animal/okapi/|title = Okapi}}</ref> (Indiana); [[Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden]] (Oklahoma); [[Blank Park Zoo]] (Iowa);<ref>{{cite web |title=Okapi Conservation Project {{!}} The Americas |url=https://www.okapiconservation.org/zoo-network-the-americas/ |website=okapiconservation.org |access-date=2019-05-13 |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205130622/https://www.okapiconservation.org/zoo-network-the-americas/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Potter Park Zoo]] (Michigan).<ref>{{cite web |title=Potter Park Zoo Welcomes Elombe the Okapi |url=https://potterparkzoo.org/potter-park-zoo-welcomes-elombe-the-okapi/ |website=potterparkzoo.org |date=2024-05-07 |access-date=2024-09-25}}</ref>

In Europe, zoos that exhibit and breed okapis include: [[Chester Zoo]], [[London Zoo]], [[Marwell Zoo]], [[Wild Place Project|The Wild Place]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bristolzoo.org.uk/latest-zoo-news/helping-to-protect-endangered-species-around-the-world |title=Helping to protect endangered species around the world |date=2019-05-17 |work=Bristol Zoo |access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref> and [[Yorkshire Wildlife Park]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com/okapi-arrival/ |title=Rare Okapi Arrive at Yorkshire Wildlife Park |date=2018-05-17 |work=Yorkshire Wildlife Park |access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref> (United Kingdom); [[Dublin Zoo]] (Ireland); [[Berlin Zoo]], [[Frankfurt Zoological Garden|Frankfurt Zoo]], [[Wilhelma|Wilhelma Zoo]], [[Wuppertal Zoo]], [[Cologne Zoological Garden|Cologne Zoo]], and [[Leipzig Zoological Garden|Leipzig Zoo]] (Germany); [[Basel Zoo|Zoo Basel]]  (Switzerland); [[Copenhagen Zoo]] (Denmark); [[Diergaarde Blijdorp|Rotterdam Zoo]] and [[Safaripark Beekse Bergen]] (Netherlands); [[Antwerp Zoo]] (Belgium); [[Dvůr Králové Zoo]] (Czech Republic); [[Wrocław Zoo]] (Poland); [[Zoo de Doué|Bioparc Zoo de Doué]] and [[ZooParc de Beauval]] (France); and [[Lisbon Zoo]] (Portugal).<ref>{{cite web |title=Okapi Conservation Project {{!}} Europe |url=https://www.okapiconservation.org/zoo-network-europe-2/ |website=okapiconservation.org |access-date=2017-11-25 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042836/https://www.okapiconservation.org/zoo-network-europe-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In Asia, three Japanese zoos exhibit okapis: [[Ueno Zoo]] in Tokyo; [[Kanazawa Zoo]] and [[Zoorasia]] in Yokohama.<ref>{{cite web |title=Okapi Conservation Project {{!}} Asia |url=https://www.okapiconservation.org/zoo-network-asia/ |website=okapiconservation.org |access-date=2019-05-13 |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205133110/https://www.okapiconservation.org/zoo-network-asia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>