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Santa Barbara Zoo gets a new (and very tall!) resident

The Santa Barbara Zoo's latest resident is a Masai giraffe named Theo which came from the Cincinnati Zoo.
Santa Barbara Zoo
The Santa Barbara Zoo's latest resident is a Masai giraffe named Theo which came from the Cincinnati Zoo.

It's Theo, a three-year-old Masai giraffe.

The Santa Barbara Zoo has a very new, and a very rare resident.

A male Masai Giraffe has joined the zoo's Masai giraffe herd. The three-year-old giraffe named Theo came to Santa Barbara from the Cincinnati Zoo.

There are now four of the giraffes at the Santa Barbara Zoo. The zoo is part of a North American breeding program to support the endangered species.
There are than more than 120 Masai giraffes at 28 zoos.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.