World Giraffe Day celebration

The Living Desert will celebrate World Giraffe Day Saturday with animal feedings and other activities.

Starting at 9 a.m., the first 100 visitors to the zoo will receive a giraffe poster. Patrons can watch and participate in feeding the giraffes and hear a giraffe keeper speak, among other activities, according to zoo spokeswoman Rebecca Brown.

“Celebrating World Giraffe Day at The Living Desert will help inform the public about the decline of the species in Africa — that their numbers are well below those of elephants — the threat humans pose to giraffes in the wild, and to encourage action by donating to zoo-sponsored giraffe conservation projects and programs,” she said.

World Giraffe Day was started by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation to
raise support for conservation.

For information, call (760) 346-5694 or go to www.livingdesert.org.