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The Oakland Zoo suffered a loss of four giraffe in recent years, so Tsavo is a welcomed addition. The diversity of ages and mixture of males and females in this herd will be similar to the social dynamics that giraffe experience in the wild, said Colleen Kinzley, vice president of animal care, conservation, and research at the Oakland Zoo.
Tsavo comes from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo following months of planning.
Together, animal care teams at both zoos worked to make Tsavo s move in his best interest and in the interest in his species. It is a complex process to move a giraffe safely and humanely, so our teams cooperated on a number of details, including training and preparation, to allow him maximum choice and control throughout the process, said Jon Forrest Dohlin, CEO of Fresno Chaffee Zoo.