sooner in the class , the pitter spiel of petite camelopard hooves was listen at Brights Zoo in Tennessee and the internet lessen in love with a one - of - a - kindspotless giraffe calf . Now , reports from half a world away in Namibia suggest that the calf , now called Kipekee , is not alone after all .
A second patchless Giraffa camelopardalis was visualize at Mount Etjo Safari Lodge , a private biz reserve in Namibia , and is the first ever to be immortalise in the wild in Africa . This is a patchless Angola giraffe , a different species to the reticulate giraffe the Tennessee calf belongs to .
“ The lack of spots could be cause by genic mutations or recessionary genetic constitution in one or more genes related to the pattern , but without detailed inherited analysis , these are bare speculation . GCF [ Giraffe Conservation Foundation ] together with our pardner , the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre , has done the most detailed research on giraffe genetics in the state of nature , but it would be hard to comment on the particular of these two giraffe , ” say Dr Julian Fennessy , GCF ’s co - founder and Director of Conservation , in astatement .
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Spotless giraffe and mother in the wild.Image courtesy of Eckart Demasius and Giraffe Conservation Foundation
Angolan giraffes ( Giraffa giraffa angolensis ) are a race of the southerly giraffe and are think to have around 20,000 individual in the wild . They are list as " least fear " by theIUCNas the population is said to be increasing .
lately a conservation project move a radical of Angolan giraffes 1,300 klick ( 808 miles ) from Namibia to Iona home parkland in Angola , bringing this species backto Angola for the first time since the 1990s . giraffe are still facing many terror , with only one Giraffa camelopardalis per four elephant in the wild , harmonize to GCF .
“ Giraffe are in problem and if we do n’t act now , our grandchildren might not be able-bodied to see any giraffe in the wild when they rise up . That is what really worries me ! But the good news is that it is not too late ! If we act now , we can all stand magniloquent for camelopard and ensure a hereafter for these gentle hulk in the wilderness , ” commented Stephanie Fennessy , GCF ’s Executive Director and co - father .
With the popularity of both these unusual - colored Giraffa camelopardalis calves , the promise from both the zoo and GCF is that more citizenry will become cognisant of theconservationthreats surround these iconic specie .
