Happy World Tapir Day!

Another 27 April is here, which means that it's now World Tapir Day - the eighth WTD since its inception in 2008.

World Tapir Day is being celebrated at events in at least eleven countries in 2015. Ten Japanese zoos have hosted events to mark the occasion, as have zoos in other Asian countries, and across Europe, North America and Australia.  Particularly special is always the World Tapir Day celebration in Belize that coincides with the country's National Tapir Day at the Belize Zoo. There will be other events happening, some of which we'll learn about only after the fact.  Our Facebook page has the full list of events on it.

In Malaysia, the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, PERHILITAN, is running a campaign to draw attention to the problem of tapirs being killed on the country's highways:

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My personal highlight this year has been this wonderful infographic produced by Peppermint Narwhal Creative:

Happy World Tapir Day everybody! We hope you are having a wonderful day.

-- Anthony.