The Calgary Zoo’s newest kid giraffe is taller than you – well, of course she is.
Five year-old Emara is a Masai giraffe and has joined the zoo’s tower, aka a group of giraffes.
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The Calgary Zoo is one of the nine Canadian zoos caring for fewer than 30 giraffes. Emara was brought over from the San Diego Zoo and will have a big role to play in the conservation of her species.
“As a conservation organization, we are dedicated to protecting species here at home and around the world,” says Dr. Malu Celli, Curator at the Calgary Zoo said in a statement. “Wild Grraffe populations have decreased by 50 per cent, due mostly to habitat loss and poaching in the wild. In this way, we are helping to play a role in the preservation of the species.”