Mabulo the zebra gave birth to a healthy baby girl, surrounded by her herd at Mogo Wildlife Park.

The park's director Chad Staples named the foal "Poppy" as a tribute to servicemen and women.

Poppy is the third foal of six-year-old Mabulo, and Ken, the park's breeding stallion.

Mr Staples said Poppy began walking within the first hour after she was born, would be "all legs to begin with" and had a bit of a mohawk hairstyle.

She was also her mum's shadow: "they're inseparable," Mr Staples said.

Poppy had started suckling, and would continue drinking milk for a few months, Mr Staples said.

Some foals suckled until they were fully-grown and independent at 12 months old.

After that, she would eat grass, different types of hay and some pellets.

Mr Staples said their zebra herd was a "very healthy group" because there were huge paddocks they could graze on at the park.

He said there was another zebra at the zoo who was starting to show signs of being pregnant.

"She's bigger and we've seen the stallion paying close attention to her," Mr Staples said.

A zebra's gestation period is about 12 months.

Mr Staples wanted to continue the theme of giving the park's baby animals meaningful names.

He named a lion cub "Phoenix", who was born not long before bushfires surrounded the zoo and destroyed many parts of the region over the 2019/2020 summer.

Mr Staples encouraged animal lovers to ask more questions on the Zookeeper Chad Facebook page or the park's Facebook or Instagram pages.

He said there would be a live Facebook event at Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park on Wednesday, April 30, and another in Mogo next week.

"The questions are coming thick and fast," he said.

"I'm so pleased people are enjoying it.

"I get quite fascinated by the questions, because they're very specific. People clearly have their favourites."

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