![]() ![]() Over time their caregiver will slowly introduce them, ensuring that they are healthy and ready to meet. ![]() There is now a new catwalk ramp and adjustable sliding doors to allow our team to adjust room size to Jenga’s liking. A new shelter was built in our main field and the current barn underwent major renovations. We continue to work with Giraffe specialists in order to ensure Jenga and Pompey are well cared for. He shares this with Pompey, and the companionship these two will have is an added enhancement to their welfare and the quality of their life in their enclosure.Īdding a new addition to the family means that the Greater Vancouver Zoo needed to prep a space for Jenga so he can settle in easily. He will have also have a variety of trees and shrubs to choose from in his new home in our large grass enclosure. At Jenga’s new home, he will be fed a diet of alfalfa, tree leaves, grass, and fruit. In the wild, these grazers feed on surrounding shrubbery. That is why it is important that these animals are preserved, so we can continue to learn about them in the future. Currently only 1671 of this sub-species exist in the wild due to habitat encroachment and poaching. This 2-year-old giraffe is a Baringo/Rothchild Giraffe, a type of giraffe that is native to eastern South Sudan, South-Western Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. Jenga was born on May 1, 2016, at the Africa Lion Safari in Ontario, Canada. The Greater Vancouver Zoo is happy to announce our family is expanding on July 4th! Meet Jenga: our new Baringo Giraffe and newest companion to our other Baringo, Pompey.Ĭreating a Tighter Knit Family Unit – Jenga Joins Pompey ![]()
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