News headlines today: Feb. 25, 2020Two cheetah cubs have been born via in vitro fertilization to a surrogate mother for theThe cubs, one male and one female, and their surrogate mother, Izzy, are doing well after the birth on Feb. 19, the zoo's vice president of animal health, Dr. Randy Junge, and president and CEO, Tom Stalf, told ABC News.Izzy, a first-time mother, is providing"great care" to the cubs, according to the zoo.
Kibibi was chosen as their biological mother because her bloodline is"already well represented in the genetic registry, according to the zoo."MORE: Rhino pregnant through artificial insemination could help save subspecies Two cheetah cubs, one male and one female, were born via in vitro fertilization for the first time at the Columbus Zoo, in Powell, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2020.
The procedure had been attempted twice before but was not successful until the third try, Junge said.
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