translated from Spanish: Adelita will be called the baby giraffe of the Chapultepec Zoo, know why

After four months receiving votes, netizens chose “Adelita” to be the new name of the giraffe that was born on November 20 at the Chapultepec Zoo.Since March, 12,053 internet users participated by voting in the online poll dedicated to choosing the name of the giraffe, reported the Secretariat of the Environment (Sedema) capital. Thus, having 28.6% of the shares, “Adelita” prevailed over other options, such as “Dakari” and “Zulai”, which were in second and third place, respectively. Read more: Heavy rains, storms and showers the rest of Monday in CDMX; yellow alert in 8 mayor’s officesAlmore, the agency added that its new name stood out from the selection phase because the animal was born on the day that commemorates the Revolution Mexicana.La female offspring is the daughter of “Kenya”, a nine-year-old giraffe. It lives in the Chapultepec Zoo with other specimens that were also named through surveys, such as “Jirafifita” and “Valentino”. Read more: Save Lives has served 36 people with suicidal ideation in the CDMX MetroDoble celebration In the framework of World Giraffe Day, which is celebrated every June 21, sedema stressed that it is a species considered “vulnerable” by the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).” It is estimated that there are about 100 thousand giraffes that live in wildlife in Africa, their place of origin. However, in Mexico City we are fortunate to be able to appreciate 13 giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Zoos of Chapultepec and San Juan de Aragón, “said in a statement Fernando Gual Sill, general director of Zoos and Wildlife Conservation.



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