Along with the summer births of a red panda cub and a white-handed gibbon baby, Sunset Zoo is also welcoming a female Asian clawed otter and a Bennett’s Wallaby joey.

The female Asian small-clawed otter, Abigail, came to Sunset Zoo from Greensboro Science Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Abigail is in the Asian small clawed otter exhibit full time, with male Asian small-clawed otter, Bagus.

Sunset Zoo has also announced the arrival of a new bennett’s wallaby joey. Staff expect the joey to start emerging from its’ mother’s pouch around seven months of age.

In June of 2017 a red panda cub was born and is doing well. The young male cub has been named Xing Xing, which means star in Mandarain Chinese.

The baby white-handed gibbon named Tucker that was born in May of 2017 is also thriving.

Sunset Zoo will be hosting a Happy Zoo Year animal enrichment event on Saturday, January 27th from noon to 3:30 p.m. Keepers will have enriching activities with a variety of animals, including the white-handed gibbons, and will be available for questions.