Read more about the article UP FOR GRUBS: Giraffes Have To Stretch To Reach Tasty Snacks
Giraffes eat fresh willow bark at their enclosure in Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, in the Netherlands, undated. The zoo is home to eight giraffes and one male giraffe. (Burgers' Zoo/Newsflash)

UP FOR GRUBS: Giraffes Have To Stretch To Reach Tasty Snacks

This is the moment giraffes at a Netherlands zoo go neck-and-neck to get hold of a tasty snack. A video of the animals shows them carefully peeling away the bark of willow tree branches at their enclosure in Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem. In the footage - obtained by Newsflash -the…

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Read more about the article Three Giraffes Die After Escaping From Cramped Quarantine Centre Where They Were Forced To Live Among Own Faeces
Three giraffes brought from South Africa that would have been taken to the Rio Biopark, died in January 2022. (Newsflash)

Three Giraffes Die After Escaping From Cramped Quarantine Centre Where They Were Forced To Live Among Own Faeces

Three giraffes have died after escaping from a cramped quarantine centre where they were forced to live among their own faeces after arriving in Brazil from South Africa. Animal rights groups have criticised the giraffes’ deaths, claiming they were being kept in a small facility that was unsuitable for such…

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Read more about the article Endangered Giraffes Zapped To Death By Low-Hanging Power Lines In Wildlife Park
The Rothschild giraffe has been killed after being electrocuted in Soysambu Conservancy due to the low hanging power lines in Kenya. (Newsflash)

Endangered Giraffes Zapped To Death By Low-Hanging Power Lines In Wildlife Park

Three endangered giraffes have reportedly been zapped to death by low-hanging power lines in a Kenyan wildlife park. Kenyan officials confirmed that one of the Rothschild’s giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICU) as ‘endangered’, was killed on Sunday while two others were…

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Read more about the article More Lightning From Global Warming Threatens Giraffes
Skull of giraffe in the starry night sky. (Newsflash)

More Lightning From Global Warming Threatens Giraffes

Tall giraffes whose horns turn them into living lightning rods are facing an increasing threat as strikes are becoming more frequent due to global warming. South African conservation scientist, Ciska Scheijen, has published a paper centred on two giraffe lightning strike deaths at Rockwood Conservation, Northern Cape, that happened 29th…

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Read more about the article Raised Platform So Visitors Can Feed Giraffes At Zoo
Exclusive experience in Schonbrunn Zoo where you can feed the giraffes. Exclusive experience in Schonbrunn Zoo where you can feed the giraffes and be on an eye level with them.(Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash).

Raised Platform So Visitors Can Feed Giraffes At Zoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DOErat1xzg&feature=youtu.be Schonbrunn Zoo/Newsflash This incredible close-up footage shows how visitors can now feed the giraffes at the world's oldest zoo thanks to an elevated platform that has been set up so people can spend time with them at eye level. The footage was made available to Newsflash by Schoenbrunn Zoo,…

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