"Target training is a great way to help get the
giraffes to come to you, but the main use is for
giraffe husbandry, as it allows us to safely get close to them and examine the tops of their heads and faces for example."
The role also involves representing the zoo and the
Giraffe team for media interviews, and conferences in the UK and overseas.
A total of 29 woody plant species were recorded from the 106 observation plots with 12 woody plant species being selected by the introduced
giraffe. Piliostigma thonningii, Vangueria infausta, Ziziphus mucronata, Combretum apiculatum, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, and Combretum molle were preferred during the dry season, whereas Flueggea virosa, Olea africana, Combretum erythrophyllum, Combretum hereroense, Combretum imberbe, and Ziziphus mucronata were preferred in the wet season.
Designing and building a
giraffe enrichment device could be a tall order for some, but not for Randolph Community College's welding technology students.
KEEPERS are celebrating the birth of a
giraffe calf whose father passed away two months ago.
<B One-day-old baby
giraffe calf Gus looks at the camera at Noah's Ark farm in Bristol
FLAMINGO Land is welcoming a new arrival this Easter - a baby
giraffe named Sophie.
Joy especially likes the loving look of Baby
Giraffe towards Mommy
Giraffe.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), meeting in Mexico, says that
giraffe numbers have declined by 40% in just 30 years.
With the story of Gemina, a Santa Barbara
giraffe who grew with a 90 degree bend in her neck, Dagg explains that the extra care provided by zoo staff likely extended Gemina's life span, and that she would likely have been a target for predators had she remained in the wild.