There are three females at Perth Zoo
- Misha
- Marama
- Shahni, born May 1997. The first female Rothschilds
born in Australia. Her mother is Misha
Perth Zoo has had an excellent record of breeding with Rothschilds Giraffe.
Their original male, Anthony, sired five, and possibly six, offspring by the two
females, Misha and Marama.
He has since been retired to Victorias
Open Range Zoo at Werribee.
His bloodline is well secured and Perth is now looking
for an unrelated male to join their females.
The young include four males,
- Makulu. The first Rothschilds Giraffe born in Australia.
he is the son of Anthony
and Misha. He is now at Melbourne Zoo with a son
of his own;
- Jandamarra who was born with muscle damage which would have killed him
in the wild. He has survived and is now at Victorias
Open Range Zoo with his father. Sometime in May or
June 2002 Jandamarra
developed lameness and died during a procedure to find out why.
- Nakuru, born October 1998, his mother is Misha and is
now at the Western Plains Zoo.
- Chitumbi, born 29th June 2000, son of Anthony and Misha. On May 13 2001 he was
sent, via ship, to Hamilton Zoo in New Zealand. He should arrive
on the weekend of the 28th. Chitumbi died on the 20th January 2002 due to the
disease yersiniosis.
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