Visitors to the Milwaukee County Zoo witnessed an event that had not happened in front of a crowd since the 1990s; the birth of a baby giraffe.
Witnesses were able to see the mother Ziggy birth a male reticulated giraffe on Aug. 4.
The animal care staff got a call around 11:40 a.m. that day saying that Ziggy was going into labor while she was in her outdoor habitat. The staff quickly rushed to the exhibit where Ziggy gave birth to a baby male giraffe at 12:20 p.m.; by 1:40 p.m., the calf was on its feet and walking, said Jennifer Diliberti-Shea, media relations coordinator for the Milwaukee County Zoo.
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