Photos: Hope the baby giraffe is a favorite at the Omaha Zoo
Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, with her 'adopted mom' Betty, at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, with one of her caretakers Josh Shandera, at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
Betty, a female giraffe, has begun looking after Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, as her 'adopted' baby, at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, has a snack at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
A stuffed toy the keepers hold up when feeding Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, a bottle to simulate the shadow her mother's belly would cast when nursing. Photographed at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, has a bottle at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, stands on a scale between her caretakers Ben Meendering, left, and Josh Shandera at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, with her 'adopted mom' Betty, at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
Josh Shandera, a senior keeper, feeds Hope, a 2-month-old giraffe, a bottle at OmahaÕs Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.
It was close to a month before Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium staff knew that Hope, a reticulated giraffe calf, was out of danger. It took a village to keep her alive.
The Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is celebrating World Giraffe Day on Wednesday by hosting Q&As with giraffe keepers and raising money for giraffe conservation.Â
Since 2005, the Amphibian Conservation Area has released 131,211 animals back into the wild, from the critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad to the dusky gopher frog.
The Nebraska Passport season will soon draw to a close, but there’s still time to squeeze in one more adventure out west at Riverside Discovery Center.
Officials from the Omaha zoo informed Riverside Discovery Center officials Wednesday that zoo would no longer be transferring lions previously planned to relocate to the Scottsbluff,
The Nebraska Passport season will soon draw to a close, but there’s still time to squeeze in one more adventure out west at Riverside Discovery Center.
