Photos: Tucson zoo welcomes two new giraffes
Reid Park Zoo is welcoming two new giraffes, Penelope and Sota, to its herd. Read more here.
Penelope
Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Penelope
Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Penelope and Sota
Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Penelope and Sota
Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Penelope
Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Penelope
Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Sota
Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Sota
Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
“While we know guests will be eager to meet Penelope and Sota, they may be in for a short wait,” Reid Park Zoo says.
A leg injury meant Sota would not be able to hold his own weight and his "quality of life would decline quickly,” the zoo said.