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giraffe birth
28-12-2007

Rare giraffe born at Perth Zoo - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

does anyone know where the original Rothchild's at birth came and why Marama has only had 1 calf?

29-12-2007

Kelvin I'll be able to post an answer this afternoon once I look at my records for Roths giraffes in Australia. Great news to have this birth as it has been a while since Perth has bred there giraffes. Great to have a female birth. Thanks for letting us know.
Jai

29-12-2007

Perths two eldestfemale Rothschilds, Misha and Marama came from Orana, where they were born. There father was a male called Jaffa. Armani also came from Orana and his grandmother was (is?) a sister to the Perth two. Armanis father(Harold) is also the father of his mother. So unfortunately there is a fair bit of inbreeding going on here. This is to be expected when we cannot bring in anymore giraffes.

As for Marama. Her calf was Jandamarra (this giraffe, I think, had leg problems - not sure though). He was sent to Weribee as an adult where he later died. Marama also had at least one other calf that didn't live very long.

29-12-2007

wow! a whole lot of new info to process. very interesting though.
thanx a lot jay!

05-01-2008

Does anyone on this forum have that famous picture taken a few years back of the female giraffe mother licking the head of its baby and the baby has an expression of any youngster, i believe they turned it into a poster too.
I'm sure the calf and mother were photographed at Perth zoo.

05-01-2008

YepI have that picture on a card. They are the Perth animals. The mother was Misha, the same female that has just given birth. I'm not sure which calf it was.

08-01-2008

im pretty sure it was Makulu (now at Melbourne Zoo)

08-01-2008

Are these animals pure bred Rothchild's?

09-01-2008

There are three zoos breeding pure bred Roths in Australia and New Zealand. The Perth group, the Orana group and the Melbourne pair.

09-01-2008

i beleive mogo also has a pair, maybe, or at least had 1 aniaml

09-01-2008

Zoo-Boy you're right, they do have a pair, though they haven't yet bred. There are also a number of males that are breeding the next generation of hybrid giraffes at Dubbo, Monarto and Auckland.