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Cute of the Day: baby giraffes

4 The Love Of Animals

From the press release: A giraffe’s gestation period is approximately 15 months, and the new babies will nurse for about one year. Cute of the Day: baby giraffes originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 15, 2010. The giraffes joined the rest of the heard on the Serengeti Plain on July 13th.

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Cute of the Day: All Legs Baby!

4 The Love Of Animals

A giraffe’s gestation period is approximately 15 months, and the new baby will nurse for about one year. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 23, 2010. Mother and baby are currently in an area out of guest view so they can be closely monitored by zoo staff to ensure the baby is nursing and growing properly.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Thus far, the state ballot initiatives and agreements that will expand space for chickens (as well as for gestating pigs and veal calves) are really very minor. 15, 2010 The writers are co-founders of Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary. To the Editor: Re “ A Hen’s Space to Roost ” (Week in Review, Aug. Bill Crain Ellen Crain Poughquag, N.Y.,