A new giraffe has joined the  Kilimanjaro Safaris family at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Mara, a Masai giraffe, recently gave birth to a baby boy named Tucker!  

This long-awaited arrival marks the first giraffe calf birth at Walt Disney World Resort since 2021 and underscores Disney’s commitment to wildlife and species protection. This is Mara’s third addition since joining Disney’s Animal Kingdom in 2015 (her first calf, Jabari, came in 2019).

The birth of Mara’s baby giraffe atAnimal Kingdom is a significant because the Masai giraffe is classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Around 30,000 giraffes remaining globally.

I can’t wait to hopefully meet the little guy on my next visit!

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