CUTE ALERT: RED RIVER HOGLETS BORN AT TORONTO ZOO!

Red River Hog Tisa with Hoglets: Photo Credit: Toronto Zoo

FOR VIDEO OF MOM TISA AND HER HOGLETS,

TORONTO, ON, Friday, March 1, 2019: What a wonderful way to celebrate National Pig Day, March 1^st, and Year of the Pig! The Toronto Zoo is excited to announce that Tisa, an eight-year-old female red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus), gave birth to a litter of two hoglets on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at approximately 3:30 pm. This is the first litter for Tisa and Sir Philip Pigglesworth III, father and eight-year-old male, and the third litter of red river hogs born in Toronto Zoo's history.

Wildlife Care say Tisa is a great first-time mom, very trusting and comfortable with Keepers. The curious hoglets are nursing well and eagerly explore their maternity habitat in the African Rainforest Pavilion.

Please note mom and hoglets are not currently visible to the public.

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For more Information on red river hogs:

Toronto Zoo Media Contacts:

Katie Gray, Supervisor of Public Relations and Events
[email protected] or #416-392-5941

Amanda Chambers, Public Relations and Events Associate
[email protected] or #416-392-5974