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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Holly Patrick

Tiny fawn being raised by surrogate father at UK zoo

  • A Kirk's dik-dik fawn, named Dotty, has been born at Chester Zoo, one of the UK's largest zoos.
  • Dotty is one of the world's tiniest antelopes, currently barely taller than a tin of beans and expected to reach only 40cm when fully grown.
  • The fawn is being raised with the help of a surrogate father after her biological father died of old age shortly before her birth.
  • A new male dik-dik named Dan, who arrived from a zoo in Cumbria in February, has stepped into the paternal role alongside Dotty's mother, Chrissy.
  • Chester Zoo is home to 30,000 animals from more than 500 species.

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