Giraffe Born at Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo to Be Named in Online Vote Allan Wall - Mexidata.info
go to original April 27, 2015

Mexico City zoo celebrates new-born giraffe (AFPBB News)

There’s an election going on in Mexico City, and this time it’s not for the city or national government, but to select a name for a giraffe calf born at Mexico City’s Chapultepec Zoo. The male giraffe calf was born on April 19th, 2015, weighing at birth nearly 50 kilograms.

...The Mexico City zoo, where this giraffe was born on the 19th, in the city’s Chapultepec Park. The zoo is actually the park’s most-visited attraction, with 5.5 to 8 million visitors annually. The zoo has 240 animal species exhibited, and is well-known for its pandas.

The residents of Mexico City have been invited to participate in the naming of the young giraffe.  They can log into a website, under the authority of the Mexico City Secretariat of the Environment (Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, known as Sedema).

Voting began on April 20th and closes on April 30th. Voters are choosing among three names: Alif, Omari, and Jiya.

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