New baby giraffe for Auckland Zoo

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NEW ARRIVAL: The new baby giraffe in Auckland Zoo.

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MUM AND ME: Auckland Zoo's new baby giraffe is the 29th to be born at the zoo.

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Auckland Zoo has welcomed a healthy baby giraffe, the 29th to be born at the zoo.

The 1.8m tall, 55kg male calf was born after a longer-than-usual three hours of labour at 6am Friday, the zoo's website said.

It is the third offspring of mother Rukiya, 9, and Zabulu, 11. Their first calf, born May 2006, died.

Auckland Zoo Pridelands team leader Nat Sullivan said the mother and calf would gradually be integrated into the giraffe paddock.

Zoo visitors should be able to see the calf in a few weeks before it is eventually relocated to another zoo as part of an Australasian breeding programme.

Auckland Zoo currently has three giraffes, and will soon have a fourth from Monarto Zoo in Adelaide.

- NZPA

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mel kennedy   #3   09:26 pm Mar 21 2010

WOW, my daughter is so excited that the baby giraffe born at Auckland zoo is called Jelani, because her name is Jylarnie and is prononced the same way, she is 6 and thinks its so cool.

caroline   #2   11:55 pm Mar 15 2010

Hi ella...you must love animals very much like I do :) hope the books turns out great.all the best! Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ella   #1   11:55 am Mar 11 2010

hi my name is ella and i am making an animal book for my class this is one of the animal articles im writing i think little no name should be called tipsy

by ella

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