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NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 06:54 PM Mar 2012

A rare, wild kitteh at Brookfield Zoo - Video

http://tv.chicagotribune.com/2012/a-rare-wild-kitten-at-brookfield-zoo/

Brookfield Zoo officials nurse a rare male black-footed cat back to health, after the six-week-old feline was born undersized. The cat, endemic to Africa, is the result of a North American breeding program to sustain this threatened species. (Source: Chicago Tribune)

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A rare, wild kitteh at Brookfield Zoo - Video (Original Post) NNN0LHI Mar 2012 OP
Swoon!!! Holy momma that is cute!!! Beaverhausen Mar 2012 #1
That is one fierce Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 #2
He's adorable. I want to hold him. dmr Mar 2012 #3
Sometimes videos go all aurora like and this one is. Bah. uppityperson Mar 2012 #4
My son is a member of the BZ Youth Volunteer Corps and we're headed there on Thursday. Snarkoleptic Mar 2012 #5
Awww....he's so stinkin' cute... one_voice Mar 2012 #6

dmr

(28,347 posts)
3. He's adorable. I want to hold him.
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 07:43 PM
Mar 2012

He's even cuter than my little Oscar, & Oscar's pretty damn cute.

We enjoyed watching this, thanks for posting it.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
5. My son is a member of the BZ Youth Volunteer Corps and we're headed there on Thursday.
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:36 PM
Mar 2012

The Black Footed kitteh in the video is currently off exhibit but his parents are very cute and can be seen in the Fragile Kingdom Desert building.
We also plan on checking out the baby Aardvark (pic and more info at link). Springtime is awesome at BZ.

http://www.czs.org/czs/Brookfield/Zoo-Home.aspx

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