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An orphaned koala is being cared for around the clock at the San Diego Zoo. That’s despite the fact that the zoo is closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Omeo is eight months old and zoo caretakers say he is thriving. The baby koala, called a joey, lost his mother to cancer in mid-December. Omeo was about five and a half months old and still in the pouch.

“Omeo has come a long way since we first started taking care of him,” said Kim Weibel. She is in charge of care for premature and sick newborn animals at the San Diego Zoo. “In the beginning, he was so compromised and so underdeveloped, we wondered if he would make it. However, he has grown stronger, his endurance has increased, and he has nice, thick fur. He is starting to sample eucalyptus, so we hope he will be eating it soon; and the next big step is meeting other koalas, and learning how to socialize and climb—doing all the great things koalas do.”

When he is not being fed from a bottle or playing with eucalyptus branches, Omeo sleeps most of the day in a substitute pouch made of plush fabric.

“The future for Omeo looks really bright,” says Ms. Weibel.

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