Two giraffes face long trip to Tulsa

 
SARA PLUMMER - Tulsa World | Modified: August 28, 2009 at 5:15 am | Published: August 28, 2009   

TULSA — The Tulsa Zoo’s staff is busy turning Samburu the giraffe’s bachelor pad into a home suitable for two new female giraffes.

The zoo hopes to get the two females in October, one from a zoo in Santa Barbara, Calif., and the other from the Wilds Zoo near Cumberland, Ohio.

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The 9-year-old California giraffe is being donated, and the Tulsa Zoo is buying the 5-year-old Ohio giraffe.

The city of Tulsa set aside $25,000 for the purchase of the animal, but the...
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