{"id":451934,"date":"2025-12-16T23:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/451934\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:25:15","slug":"phoenix-zoo-needs-your-help-to-name-baby-giraffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/451934\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Zoo needs your help to name baby giraffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 The Phoenix Zoo has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/12\/09\/its-girl-phoenix-zoo-welcomes-adorable-baby-giraffe\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/12\/09\/its-girl-phoenix-zoo-welcomes-adorable-baby-giraffe\/\">new addition to its animal family<\/a> and needs your help naming it! <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Nov. 16, a 12-year-old Masai giraffe named Sunshine gave birth to a daughter. The Phoenix Zoo released five potential names and wants the public to vote for its favorite. <\/p>\n<ol class=\"list | article-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li><b>Cyra<\/b>: means \u201csun\u201d in Persian\/Greek<\/li>\n<li><b>Tesni<\/b>: means \u201cwarmth from the sun\u201d in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><b>Binti<\/b>: means \u201cdaughter\u201d in Swahili<\/li>\n<li><b>Kasi<\/b>: means \u201cspeed\u201d in Swahili (because of her zoomies)<\/li>\n<li><b>Ray<\/b>: like a ray of sunshine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixzoo.org\/blog\/voting\/help-us-name-sunshines-calf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixzoo.org\/blog\/voting\/help-us-name-sunshines-calf\/\">Click\/tap here<\/a> to cast your vote! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"The Phoenix Zoo is welcoming a new addition to its giraffe herd!\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/QSYTBRISD5FJ5L2PVGGJUSLLQU.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>The Phoenix Zoo is welcoming a new addition to its giraffe herd!(Phoenix Zoo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Voting is open through midnight on Dec. 22, and the winning name will be announced on Dec. 23. You are allowed to cast one vote per day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Although Sunshine and baby girl are still enjoying time away from the herd in the barn, the zoo hopes they will be ready to move onto the Savanna sometime in January. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. 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