“Mahali changed the way we think about caring for aging giraffes,” Rick Hester, the zoo’s animal behaviors curator, said. “It’s not often you have the opportunity to work with a male ...

These projects have made certain areas of the zoo and its animals inaccessible to guests, including the giraffes and rhinos. The Tulsa Zoo has fencing up around the worksite for the William S.

“Mahali changed the way we think about caring for aging giraffes,” Rick Hester, the zoo’s animal behaviors curator, said. “It’s not often you have the opportunity to work with a male giraffe this old, ...