Fennec Fox Kits at the Palm Beach Zoo

The Palm Beach Zoo is happy to announce the birth of five fennec fox kits! The kits are approximately four weeks old and have begun venturing outside of their burrow with mom “Heidi“ and dad “Swiper“ never far behind. The Palm Beach Zoo actively participates in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) for fennec foxes and has exhibited the species since 1995 when our first breeding pair arrived. Since then, the zoo has had nine successful births bringing the gran