The giraffe without spots can now be seen by the public at Brights Zoo. The little one is doing really well and is growing happily under her mother’s care.
Last month, on July 31st, something truly special happened at Brights Zoo in the USA. They had the privilege of witnessing one of the rarest births – a giraffe without any spots! This adorable baby giraffe, who is already six feet tall, is doing incredibly well and enjoying life under the devoted care of her mother.
Brights zoo announcement for giraffe
Brights Zoo made an announcement, saying, “Giraffe experts believe she might be the only reticulated giraffe anywhere in the world with a single color. Right from the start, we’ve been reaching out to zoo professionals all over the country, including those with many years of experience. We asked them, ‘Have you ever seen anything like this before? What do you make of it?’ But it seems nobody has witnessed anything similar.”
The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF), an organization working to keep giraffes safe in the wild, tells us that the reticulated giraffe is one of four special kinds of giraffes. Back in 2018, the International Union for Conservation of Nature marked it as a species in danger. (You might also want to see this: A brave mama giraffe standing up to a hyena to protect her baby. There’s a video!)
The zoo has a hopeful goal with the birth of this unique giraffe. They want to shed light on the real challenges these animals are facing in their natural habitat. Tony Bright, the founder of Brights Zoo, explained, “The global attention our giraffe without spots has received is shedding a much-needed light on giraffe conservation. Sadly, giraffes are disappearing quietly, and over the past thirty years, we’ve lost 40% of the wild giraffe population.”
Right now, the team at Brights Zoo is searching for a name for this special giraffe. They’ve turned to the public on their Facebook page, asking for suggestions. As of now, they’ve shortlisted four names: Kipekee, Firyali, Shakiri, and Jamella, as reported by USA Today.