Okidi, the giraffe calf, was born at the Detroit Zoo on Nov. 23, 2025. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and wildlife.

A three-month-old baby giraffe has died after a tragic accident inside her enclosure at the Detroit Zoo, officials confirmed. The female calf, named Okidi, suffered catastrophic injuries earlier this ...

ROYAL OAK, MI - Staff at the Detroit Zoo say they are heartbroken at the loss of their giraffe calf who just died in a freak accident. Okidi was born just a few months ago on November 23, 2025 to Zara ...

ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Zoo is mourning the passing of one of its giraffes that was humanely euthanized following a series of health complications. According to the zoo, 15½ -year-old Ella dealt ...

The Toronto Zoo says a postmortem examination has provided new details about the death of Kiko, a Masai giraffe that died earlier this year. In a statement, the zoo said findings from a complete ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Toledo Zoo just got a whole lot cuter! On January 17, giraffe parents Lily and Rocket welcomed a 130-pound baby boy named ...

A Northern giraffe calf has been born at West Midlands Safari Park in England – making it the park's first baby of the year. It's already six feet tall, and took its first wobbly steps just 40 minutes ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 5-year-old giraffe from the Denver Zoo will temporarily move south to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs to support conservation efforts, zoo ...

An endangered 13-year-old giraffe has died after getting caught in a door in his zoo habitat. Kiko, a male Masai giraffe, was born at the Greenville Zoo in South Carolina before he was moved to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kiko, a 13-year-old Masai giraffe, died on Jan. 1, according to the Toronto Zoo. (The Canadian Press/Handout - Facebook, The ...

The Toronto Zoo says a 13-year-old giraffe has died after getting caught in an opening door to his behind-the-scenes habitat. A post on the zoo's Facebook page says Kiko, the male Masai giraffe, was ...