Overview
- Voting is open on the Phoenix Zoo website through midnight on Dec. 22, with one vote allowed per person per day.
- The five name options are Tesni, Binti, Cyra, Kasi, and Ray, each chosen for meanings tied to sun, daughter, or speed.
- The female calf was born on Nov. 16 to Sunshine, a 12-year-old Masai giraffe, and the winning name will be announced on Dec. 23.
- The calf stands about 6 feet tall and weighs roughly 150 pounds, and she is bonding with her mother in the barn before an expected public debut on the Savanna/Africa Trail in January.
- This is Sunshine’s fifth calf at the zoo and her birth supports Species Survival Program goals for Masai giraffes, which number fewer than 44,000 in the wild according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation.