‘This is a happy ending’: Jacksonville Zoo welcomes warthog piglets

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An infamous warthog at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens is the proud father of three baby warthogs!

Mateo, who escaped from his enclosure during the Colors of the Wild event in 2024, is now the mature and proud father of two girls and one boy.

Mateo, the piglets and their mother are a part of the Species Survival Program, or SSP, says Curtis Dvorak with the zoo. Dvorak says that “this is a happy ending” to Mateo’s story…

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