Rare Spotless Giraffe Born In US, Zoo Asks Public To Name Her: "Special One"

• Tennessee's Brights Zoo gave the world good news when they revealed they welcomed a unique, spotless giraffe born on July 31
• The extraordinary, nameless giraffe stands at 6 feet tall and there is a need to conserve declining wild giraffe populations and the urgency for conservation
• Brights Zoo has since launched a naming contest for the patternless baby giraffe, offering four compelling options

A famous zoo in Tennessee, USA, has welcomed a rare spotless giraffe and is now holding a contest to name the baby.

Spotless giraffe is six-feet tall

According to Brights Zoo officials in Limestone, the giraffe was born without spots on July 31 and is the only one of her kind.

She is already six feet tall and is thriving under the care of her mother and zoo staff.

“The international coverage of our patternless baby giraffe has created a much-needed spotlight on giraffe conservation. Wild populations are silently slipping into extinction, with 40% of the wild giraffe population lost in just the last 3 decades,” said Tony Bright, the founder of Brights Zoo.

FOX 17 reports that so far, the zoo has narrowed the choice of names to four good ones, and they include Kipekee (Unique), Firyali Unusual or extradonary), Shakiri(most beautiful) and Jamella (one of great beauty).

Rare twin giraffes born in Kenya

Back at home in Kenya, rare twins were born to a Maasai giraffe in Nairobi's National Park on July 19, 2022.

"This is an extremely rare occurence," former Tourism CS, Najib Balala said in a post accompanied by a picture of the mother watching over her offspring.

There are 117,000 giraffes remain in the wild

According to the AFP, the world's tallest species was listed as "vulnerable to extinction" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's 2016 Red List of threatened wildlife.

According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, only about 117,000 giraffes remain in the wild.

It said the numbers of the gentle, long-necked giant in Africa have plummeted by 30 per cent over the last 30 years, describing it as a "silent extinction".