🦒 The male Rothschild's giraffe, named Ballyhenry, and his mum Casey are both 'doing great' BelfastZoo 🦒
Belfast Zoo has welcomed the arrival of an endangered baby giraffe.Zookeepers at the attraction have said the calf and its mum Casey are both "doing great".
Belfast Zoo traditionally names giraffes after places beginning with Bally, with the new calf named after Ballyhenry, a townland in County Antrim.Newborn giraffes usually weigh about 100kg and are about 5ft 9in tall, but Henry measures 5ft 7in.Mr Cairns said Belfast Zoo first welcomed Rothschild's giraffes in 1998 and had celebrated the birth of 39 calves since then.
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