Safari West has long been the home for three beautiful warthogs. Beautiful is not a word that many would use to describe a warthog but beautiful they are and, we recently learned, they have absolutely adorable babies! On May 5th, Lulu, one of our females, gave birth to four tiny piglets.

When we noticed that Lulu appeared ready to give birth we shifted her into a habitat separated from the other two warthogs. Shortly thereafter she gave birth to one little girl and three squealing baby boys. For the last month, we’ve been giving the new mom and her increasingly active brood some much-needed privacy but recently the piglets have been out and about. They’ve even been spotted by a couple of eagle-eyed guests already!

Because of where the habitat is, the warthogs won’t always be visible on the classic safari tours but they are a big part of the Behind the Scenes tours. Any day now Lulu, her daughter Agave, and her sons Cactus, Mojave, and Aloe will be on display for our behind the scenes guests. Good luck telling the four scampering, squealing bundles of joy apart, but if you feel like a challenge, Agave has slightly redder hair, Mojave is the biggest and wartiest, Aloe the tiniest, and Cactus, the one you’ve got left.

Come visit Safari West and join us in congratulating our proud pig parents, Lulu and Pig Newton. While you’re here maybe you can say hello to their grunting gray bundles of joy too!