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Giraffe Posts

March 22, 2024

Giraffe Feeding

Join the Zoo Atlanta Team and hand-feed the tallest living land mammals!
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October 22, 2021

Abu

Abu was dominant and headstrong. He arrived at Zoo Atlanta in 2006. In 2010, he became the father of the...
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October 15, 2021

Zoo Atlanta mourns loss of Abu

The Zoo Atlanta community is saddened to share that Abu the giraffe has died. At 16, Abu was the oldest...
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August 2, 2021

Follow-up procedure planned for Abu

The Animal Care and Veterinary Teams at Zoo Atlanta will soon undertake a follow-up veterinary procedure for Abu the giraffe....
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May 19, 2021

A successful procedure for Abu

The Animal Care and Veterinary Teams at Zoo Atlanta are pleased to share that a significant veterinary procedure for 15-year-old...
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May 17, 2021

Significant veterinary procedure for giraffe Abu

The Animal Care and Veterinary Teams at Zoo Atlanta will soon undertake a significant veterinary procedure for the well-being of...
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April 22, 2021

Studying the substrates our giraffes prefer

Throughout my career as an animal care professional, there have been several opportunities to get super nerdy and use research...
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July 14, 2020

Browsing with the giraffes

Hey guys! Nadia here from the Hoofstock Team. While you’re browsing through Zoo Atlanta’s social media, I’m going to tell...
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May 21, 2020

Caring for Abu

As many of you know, Abu, our oldest giraffe, recently underwent an important medical procedure that required his hooves to...
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May 8, 2020

Update on Abu the Giraffe

The Animal Care and Veterinary Teams at Zoo Atlanta are pleased to share that a significant veterinary procedure for Abu,...
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April 1, 2020

Pun with Animals

Join Ambassador Animals Keepers Deidre and Emily for a lighter look at the world of wildlife during an extraordinary time...
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February 7, 2020

Why Zoos Matter

Biodiversity is important.  Healthy diversity of species (plants, animals, etc.) is key to our way of life, as it provides...
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October 24, 2019

How do you tell the animals apart?

One of the most common questions we get about the animals is how to tell them apart. Many guests feel...
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August 27, 2019

Animal explorations on the new African Savanna

The opening of a new habitat is exciting, but it is also a lot of hard work. As the care...
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June 11, 2019

What’s in an intro?

Much planning goes into opening a new habitat for any animal, but it gets a bit more challenging when you...
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May 29, 2019

The Animals of the New African Savanna

Imagine the African savanna. Wide, open and flat expanses with tall yellow grasses. Sparse trees and shrubs dotting the landscape....
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February 22, 2019

Behind the scenes with the savanna animals

We’re excitedly awaiting the opening of the new African Savanna this summer. In the meantime, we continue to take full...
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June 19, 2018

A new accomplishment for Abu

As work on our new savanna habitat continues, we’ve taken advantage of the fact that the savanna animals are always...
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May 15, 2018

Zoo saddened to announce death of Zuberi

Zoo Atlanta is deeply saddened to announce that Zuberi, an 8-year-old adult male reticulated giraffe, died unexpectedly during the afternoon...
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February 27, 2018

Creating a successful mixed-species habitat

If you’ve been following along with Zoo news recently, then you’ve heard all about our Grand New View project and...
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August 1, 2017

Getting the swing of things

Hello! I am one of the new Mammal Swing Keepers here at Zoo Atlanta. I have had a lot of...
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January 19, 2017

Keeper Stories – Thursday, January 19

It’s about time again for a giraffe training update! I believe when we last checked in, all but our oldest,...
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March 1, 2016

Tuesday, March 1

Thanks to a generous donation from Katherine and John Gallagher, the Hoofstock Department recently received a tamer for our giraffe...
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