Two rare giraffes at a South Coast Zoo are pregnant. The Santa Barbara Zoo confirmed that two of its female Masai giraffes, Adia and Audrey are expecting. The Zoo’s adult male, Michael is father, and he has sired seven calves during the last 17 years living in Santa Barbara.
There are an estimated 35,000 Masai giraffes in the world, but their population has dropped 50% in the last three decades. Earlier this month, an international conservation agency organization classified them as “endangered.”
