Help name a baby giraffe at the NC Zoo

ASHEBORO, N.C. — The North Carolina Zoo wants your help naming their new giraffe calf!

You can vote for your favorite of six names:

• Fenn: After the founders of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, Julian and Stephanie Fennessey.
• Nelson: After the famous leader Nelson Mandela.
• Mosi: African name used for “first born son.”
• Jackson: “Son of Jack,” the calf’s dad is named Jack.
• Tamu: Swahili for “sweet” since he was born on World Bee Day, and bees make sweet honey.
• Bongani: This Zulu name means “grateful, thankful.”

Vote here until Monday, June 19, at 4 p.m.

The official name will be announced on Wednesday, June 21, also World Giraffe Day.

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