San Diego Zoo Announces Birth of Masai Giraffe Calf

San Diego Zoo welcomes endangered Masai giraffe calf

The San Diego Zoo has welcomed a new Masai giraffe calf, which will join the zoo's other giraffe calf, Lemayian, in the Urban Jungle exhibit, helping to support the endangered species' genetic diversity.

San Diego Zoo announces birth of Masai giraffe calf

The San Diego Zoo announced the recent birth of a Masai giraffe calf to a first-time mother who was also born at the zoo years earlier.

New heights: Endangered Masai giraffe welcomes first calf at San Diego Zoo

The giraffe calf born at the San Diego Zoo on Nov. 30. (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance) Endangered Masai giraffe Mawe has stepped into motherhood for the first time welcoming her first calf last month, the San Diego Zoo announced Monday. Visitors can now catch a glimpse of mom and the yet-to-be-named calf bonding in their maternity area in the zoo’s Urban Jungle giraffe habitat. It’s a full-circle moment: both Mawe and the…

San Diego Zoo welcomes new giraffe calf

The giraffe habitat at the San Diego Zoo just got a new resident. A new calf was born on Nov. 30 between Mawe, its mother, and Chifu, the father. Both parents are Masai giraffes who were born at the zoo, zoo officials said. The newborn joins another calf, Lemayian, who was born in July.  “These births help support the genetic...