LOUISVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — Two new animals have arrived at the Louisville Zoo. On Wednesday, the zoo announced that a 2-year-old Masai giraffe named Josie and a 7-year-old maned wolf named Jessie had a new home.
Louisville Zoo said Josie comes from the Greenville Zoo in South Carolina, while Jessie is from the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona.
Zookeepers have reportedly fallen in love with Josie’s sweet personality, saying she has a fondness for mulberry browse, WASA crackers, and romaine lettuce.
Guests can find Josie among the Zoo’s giraffe herd. She is a stockier built with lighter blonde coloring than her female herd-mate Kianga and freckles at the base of her ossicones (the bony, horn-like structure on giraffe heads).
She joins 8-year-old Kianga, 10-month-old Nyasi, and 9-year-old Baridi in the Africa zone.
According to a news release, Masai giraffes are native to East Africa and are the largest subspecies of giraffe.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species categorizes giraffes as vulnerable, with the Masai giraffe population declining by more than 50% in the last 30 years due to habitat loss and poaching
Masai giraffes are distinguished by irregular, star-shaped spots.
Jessie has been described as confident and eager to engage in enrichment, especially feeder balls and puzzle feeders, noting Jessie’s love for hard-boiled eggs.
The zoo said Jessie is still in the holding yard, but once maintenance on her habitat is done, she will be moved to the main habitat area.
The maned wolf is native to South America and can be found throughout Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay.
According to the news release, they are generally solitary animals who form semi-monogamous pairs during the breeding season. Maned wolves are omnivores with half of their diet consisting of fruit, supplemented by small mammals, birds and reptiles, insects, nuts, eggs, and grass.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species lists the maned wolf as near threatened.
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