{"id":648347,"date":"2026-06-20T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648347\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:16:07","slug":"rare-giraffe-welcomed-to-chester-zoo-in-hopes-to-save-species-from-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648347\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare giraffe welcomed to Chester Zoo in hopes to save species from extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">A rare northern giraffe has arrived at a zoo in hopes he will have calves and help improve the conservation breeding programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Kris, a lively three-year-old-male, has travelled to <a class=\"qNUzV q7LZa\" data-testid=\"next-link-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/granada\/topic\/chester-zoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chester Zoo<\/a> from West Midlands Safari Park to meet the zoo&#8217;s resident female herd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">His introduction has been carefully planned, with conservationists matching the animal based on genetics, age, and temperament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Fewer than 7,000 northern giraffes remain in the wild due to habitat loss, poaching, and conflict with humans.<\/p>\n<p>Kris, the rare giraffe, is on an important date. Credit: Chester Zoo<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Rosie Owen, giraffe keeper at Chester Zoo, said: &#8220;Kris\u2019 arrival marks the beginning of an important new chapter for the herd here at Chester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">&#8220;He\u2019s already settling into his new home brilliantly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">&#8220;At just over three years old, Kris is still a young giraffe, but he\u2019s full of confidence and is already getting to know the herd \u2013 and out of his five new housemates, four of them are older females who are all considerably taller than him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">&#8220;He\u2019s taking everything in his stride and we\u2019re optimistic that, in time, our matchmaking will pay off and he\u2019ll go on to play a vital role in helping to save his species from extinction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories? Listen to our latest podcasts to find out What You Need To Know&#8230;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rare northern giraffe has arrived at a zoo in hopes he will have calves and help improve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-648347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}