Happy Mother’s Day to Walt Disney World’s animal moms
Each year on Mother’s Day, we honor all the important women in our lives, but Walt Disney World Resort celebrates animal moms too.
It’s not only human moms who make visits to Walt Disney World so special; many of the animals at the resort are also moms, including Peanut, the aardvark, who recently gave birth to Hazelnut (the second aardvark cub born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park) and Daisy, a red river hog and new mom to an adorable piglet born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge.
Peanut and Hazelnut
Hazelnut was born in March 2023, and is still bonding with Peanut backstage.
According to an Instagram post by Disney’s Animals, Science & Environment Vice President Dr. Mark Penning, aardvarks are expert diggers, and baby Hazelnut started digging within the first hour of her birth.
Daisy and Baby
Because of the trusted relationship between animal keepers at Walt Disney World and Daisy, the team could conduct ultrasounds to monitor her piglet’s health and development throughout her four-month pregnancy.
Daisy and her piglet (who still does not have a name) are bonding backstage but will soon debut on the savanna.
Finn and Sprout
Two more babies recently joined the Walt Disney World family: Finn and Sprout, the two newest Shetland pony foals to join the herd at Tri-Circle-D Ranch at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.
Sprout was just born on Earth Day – April 22, 2023 – and was named to honor the celebration (which also happened to be Animal Kingdom’s 25th anniversary). He joins one-month-old Finn and the other nearly 90 horses who call Walt Disney World Resort home.
We wish a very happy Mother’s Day to all of Disney’s animal moms – and to all of yours!
These Disney animal mamas and their babies are incredibly precious! Happy Mother’s Day to all!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the animal mommies and we love those beautiful babies all the animal mommies r so important also and those sweet precious babies many blessings on them thank u Disney for recognizing those mommies and those adorable pics