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Erie Zoo’s giraffe, Nigel, to leave for Midwest

Posted on October 10th, 2019 at 3:30 AM
Erie Zoo’s giraffe, Nigel, to leave for Midwest

Nigel, a 9-year-old giraffe, will leave the zoo at the end of this month, Scott Mitchell, Erie Zoological Society president and CEO, said on Thursday.

Nigel is leaving Erie for a zoo in the Midwest, Mitchell said. As part of the Erie Zoo’s $10 million capital campaign, Wild Open Spaces, it plans to make a larger and more interactive giraffe exhibit with a herd of giraffes, he explained.

*Update: Nigel moved October 28th 2020*

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