Rare Rothschild's giraffe born at Chester zoo on Boxing Day
by Nazia Parveen North of England correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#26YGN)
Calf, which is yet to be sexed or named, is one of most endangered subspecies of giraffe, with fewer than 1,600 in wild
A rare and endangered Rothschild's giraffe has been born at Chester zoo.
Keepers said the 1.82-metre (6ft) calf, which is yet to be sexed or named, arrived to first-time mother Tula and father Meru at about 7am on Boxing Day and was up on its feet just minutes later.