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Ziggy the giraffe was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida. Today, nearly 15, she is matriarch of giraffes at County ...
Ziggy, a female giraffe at the Milwaukee County Zoo looks over her new born male calf. The calf was birthed in front of visitors in their exhibit on Aug. 4.
New at Milwaukee County Zoo: A giraffe leaves, a new baby name and $4 admission on July 4. Amy Schwabe. ... Asante was born in Milwaukee on Aug. 4, 2022, to parents Ziggy and Bahatika.
There's been a flurry of news from the Milwaukee County Zoo in the past week. Here's what to know. New at Milwaukee County Zoo: A giraffe leaves, a new baby name and $4 admission on July 4 ...
Just days after the unexpected death of 17-year-old giraffe Bahatika on March 22, the Milwaukee County Zoo revealed on Wednesday that a second giraffe, Rahna, was humanely euthanized on March 29 ...
Baha, as the zoo calls the giraffe dad for short, is now a father twice over, having sired a baby giraffe born on May 27 to mom, Marlee, according to Milwaukee NBC affiliate WTMJ.
Kendi joins the zoo’s current herd of giraffes: Ziggy, Marlee, Maya and Asante. Sometime in 2024, the resident male giraffe, Asante, will transfer to another AZA-accredited facility based on the ...
The Milwaukee County Zoo in Wisconsin announced that a 17-year-old male giraffe died unexpectedly on Monday morning, adding that the average age of males in zoos is 14.
Visitors to the Milwaukee County Zoo witnessed an event that had not happened in front of a crowd since the 1990s; the birth of a baby giraffe. Witnesses were able to see the mother Ziggy birth a ...
Zoo visitors in Milwaukee witnessed the birth of a baby giraffe Visitors to the Milwaukee County Zoo witnessed an event that had not happened in front of a crowd since the 1990s; the birth of a ...