The outer parts of a giraffe's hooves are like a human's fingernails but a lot tougher to trim, according to the Roger Williams Park Zoo. How much tougher? It took a team of 45 people nearly two hours ...

A 16-foot-tall giraffe underwent a life-changing veterinary procedure to fix his overgrown hooves - with the help of 25 keepers and vets. Bashu, 13, was being treated for lameness, but staff at ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Roger Williams Park Zoo said one of its giraffes is recovering from a complicated hoof procedure. Jaffa recently underwent a corrective hoof trim on all four legs, according ...

PROVIDENCE − A popular giraffe, born 13 years ago at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, has died after health problems, the zoo announced Tuesday. Jaffa Prince, an endangered Masai giraffe, was euthanized ...

A zoo in Australia has shared footage of some of the many methods used to train a four-year-old giraffe, Nolean, to present her hooves to keepers, with the goal of one day reducing her fear and nerves ...

The Cincinnati Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its male giraffes. The zoo announced that Kimba died early Sunday morning after a procedure last week to fix his hooves. Officials said the procedure ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR Zookeepers at the Cincinnati Zoo say training the giraffes to do that took nearly ...

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The Wisconsin zoo's giraffe herd has lost two members, half-siblings Baha and Rahna Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 and his work ...