North American Masai Giraffe Population

Julio C Castro said:
I haven’t seen it announce here but the LA Zoo just had a calf born on 04/08/2022, a male and reportedly the tallest born in the zoo’s history!
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The calf was 2.0m, which would also rank among the tallest newborn calves in the world with 1.8-1.9m being considered average.

The tallest giraffe in the world is Forrest at Australia Zoo. Hes 5.7m, but was only 1.9m at birth. LA's calf may one day break his record too!
 
VERY exciting, he’s fairly closely related to Lily and her daughter though so I wonder what the breeding plan is.

On a separate note, contrary to the population list, Sunshine and Parker are the offspring of Betty Lou, not Audrey.
 
Polar bear fan said:
VERY exciting, he’s fairly closely related to Lily and her daughter though so I wonder what the breeding plan is.
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The park should have another breeding bull, last I heard George was supposed to leave and another young male (not Twiga) was supposed to arrive but not sure if that occurred. Nonetheless, Twiga has numerous other females at DAK to breed with. It's great to see several of Michael's calves in breeding situations! Fingers crossed his next calf (due this July) is female as he's had a ton of male calves already and more females are necessary for the population.

Polar bear fan said:
On a separate note, contrary to the population list, Sunshine and Parker are the offspring of Betty Lou, not Audrey.
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That is correct. I noticed that mistake only a little bit after I posted the list and since I haven't posted an updated list yet, it hasn't been corrected. On that note, I'll try to get an updated list posted for this thread in the next few weeks but with all the tests and projects that come with the end up of the school year, I can't make any guarantees!
 
IndianRhino said:
The park should have another breeding bull, last I heard George was supposed to leave and another young male (not Twiga) was supposed to arrive but not sure if that occurred. Nonetheless, Twiga has numerous other females at DAK to breed with. It's great to see several of Michael's calves in breeding situations! Fingers crossed his next calf (due this July) is female as he's had a ton of male calves already and more females are necessary for the population.


That is correct. I noticed that mistake only a little bit after I posted the list and since I haven't posted an updated list yet, it hasn't been corrected. On that note, I'll try to get an updated list posted for this thread in the next few weeks but with all the tests and projects that come with the end up of the school year, I can't make any guarantees!
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Certainly no judgement! I was just reading about Audrey and realized the match wasn’t adding up lol. You’re right too another Michael and Audrey daughter would be amazing. Is there any word of which male will replace George or where he’ll go? Disney has so many individuals I wonder what the plan is for his 6 calves still there as well as the 9 females.
 
IndianRhino said:
The park should have another breeding bull, last I heard George was supposed to leave and another young male (not Twiga) was supposed to arrive but not sure if that occurred. Nonetheless, Twiga has numerous other females at DAK to breed with. It's great to see several of Michael's calves in breeding situations! Fingers crossed his next calf (due this July) is female as he's had a ton of male calves already and more females are necessary for the population.


That is correct. I noticed that mistake only a little bit after I posted the list and since I haven't posted an updated list yet, it hasn't been corrected. On that note, I'll try to get an updated list posted for this thread in the next few weeks but with all the tests and projects that come with the end up of the school year, I can't make any guarantees!
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The main place that I can think of that has a couple of young bulls could be Cincinnati, They have Theo and Fenn I believe. But we cannot forget about Columbus which has 1 young bull giraffe too, Ralph who turns 2 by the end of this June. Ralphie being another young male as a possibility for the mystery male to replace George. A young female giraffe that is not in a breeding situation is Zoey also at Cincinnati which makes me wonder what her future holds. Last I had heard she was supposed to be sent to Toronto but then since Covid that transfer was cancelled. As well Schaefer and Sammie in Columbus are reaching 2 so they still have some time but I do hope Columbus gets going again in the Masai Giraffe SSP(hard when you're not accredited I guess). Those are just a few situations and a few giraffes that I do wonder what their future holds.

But yes, nonetheless great that Twiga is moving on and clearing up space in Santa Barbara.
 
Some updates:
IndianRhino said:
A male calf was also born at Seneca Park Zoo on April 28th to first time parents Parker and Iggy. The calf is doing well and bonding with his mom Iggy.

Seneca Park Zoo’s baby giraffe a healthy boy | RochesterFirst
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He has been named Olmsted :)

I can confirm that 0.1 Moshi from Phoenix has been transferred out of the SSP population. Not sure where specifically she was sent however.

Also, just found out that 1.0 Twiga is recommended to breed with 8 females at DAK including Lily and her daughter Aella (despite being related to them). Nonetheless, it's great news that he'll have the opportunity to breed with so many females at DAK.

Lastly, I can confirm that 0.1 Zoey of Cincinnati is no longer headed to Toronto, that transfer has been canceled. However, I will say that if things go to plan, another young female will be making her way up to Canada in a bit.
 
IndianRhino said:
Thank you for letting me know! :)

In other (much sadder) news, Johari at Brevard passed away this past weekend after going into cardiac arrest. She was 21 years old and had 9 calves with the zoo's breeding bull Rafiki, two of which still live at Brevard. We now know that her 2020 male calf's name is Mapenzi.

Remembering Johari | Brevard Zoo blog
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Does anyone know what happened to the big male masai giraffe "Artemis" that resided and made many babies at the l.a.zoo? He was a good daddy.
 
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