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Photos: Tucson zoo welcomes two new giraffes
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Photos: Tucson zoo welcomes two new giraffes

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • Oct 27, 2020
  • Oct 27, 2020 Updated Mar 17, 2023

Reid Park Zoo is welcoming two new giraffes, Penelope and Sota, to its herd. Read more here.

Penelope

Penelope

Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Reid Park Zoo

Penelope

Penelope

Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Reid Park Zoo

Penelope and Sota

Penelope and Sota

Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Reid Park Zoo

Penelope and Sota

Penelope and Sota

Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Reid Park Zoo

Penelope

Penelope

Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Reid Park Zoo

Penelope

Penelope

Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Reid Park Zoo

Sota

Sota

Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Reid Park Zoo

Sota

Sota

Reid Park Zoo recently welcomed Penelope, 2, and Sota, 1, who hail from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Reid Park Zoo

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Tucson's zoo welcomes two new giraffes, Penelope and Sota

Tucson's zoo welcomes two new giraffes, Penelope and Sota

“While we know guests will be eager to meet Penelope and Sota, they may be in for a short wait,” Reid Park Zoo says.

Sota, 3-year-old giraffe, euthanized at Tucson's Reid Park Zoo

Sota, 3-year-old giraffe, euthanized at Tucson's Reid Park Zoo

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.

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