Photo gallery: Watoto the giraffe
Watoto, the zoo’s only male giraffe died Tuesday night after a keeper put oleander cuttings in the giraffes' stalls Monday night, said Jim Schnormeier, general curator at Reid Park.
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Reid Park Zoo volunteer Linda Hinds gives a biscuit to Watoto a two-year-old giraffe before she begins helping as a greeter at the exhibit, The Giraffe Encounter on Tuesday, September 18, 2007, in Tucson, Ariz. Hinds, who volunteers twice a week at the zoo helping with the sale of posters, patrolling the grounds and more, is assisting with Zoocson 2007 Feast for the Beasts!
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Watoto, born August 11, 2005, relaxes in his quarantine pen at the Reid Park Zoo on June 18, 2007 in Tucson, Ariz. Watoto, which means 'children' in Swahili is a male and is the newest addition to the giraffe exhibit at the Zoo. He was born in the San Diego Wild Animal Park and was recently moved to Tucson.
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Watoto, born August 11, 2005, relaxes in his quarantine pen at the Reid Park Zoo on June 18, 2007 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Watoto, born August 11, 2005, relaxes in his quarantine pen at the Reid Park Zoo on June 18, 2007 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Watoto, born August 11, 2005, relaxes in his quarantine pen at the Reid Park Zoo on June 18, 2007 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Male giraffe Watoto licks a scallion flavored popsicle at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday June 22, 2010.
One giraffe has died and another is seriously ill after an apprentice keeper at Reid Park Zoo fed them toxic plants.
One giraffe has died and another is seriously ill after an apprentice keeper at Reid Park Zoo fed them toxic plants. Watoto, the zoo's only male giraffe, died Tuesday night, and Denver, a 20-year-old female, remains under observation in guarded condition.
Denver, the surviving giraffe at Reid Park Zoo, is in guarded but stable condition after eating toxic plants that killed a companion giraffe e…
Denver, the surviving giraffe at Reid Park Zoo, is in guarded but stable condition after eating toxic plants that killed a companion giraffe earlier this week. "She's doing good this morning. Not perfect," Vivian VanPeenen, the zoo's curator of education, said Thursday.
There were really two tragedies in last week's zoo disaster. There was the death of Watoto, and there was the shattering of one young man's dr…