And it’s because I anticipated that they were gonna give birth. I think one of the reasons why carnivores and zoos lose their first litters is the keepers aren’t prepared or they don’t expect them to be pregnant or they haven’t, there is no nest box. They haven’t put things in train to allow the animal to, to rear its offspring. The circumstances aren’t appropriate. So good welfare means ensuring that all those behaviors, that the environment is set up at a moment’s notice that they can, alright, females ready to give birth, everything is already there. The, for the animal to be socially adept, the, the social structure is appropriate for that species. You know, you’re not just managing a pair of zebras, you’re managing a herd of 15 to 20 zebras. You know that that’s what it’s supposed to be.
