Meet Frannie, the baby giraffe born at Global Wildlife Center the day before Hurricane Francine
FOLSOM — During a rush to prepare more than 2,000 animals ahead of a Category 2 hurricane, a precious moment forced staff members at the Global Wildlife Center to take a break.
The day before Hurricane Francine made landfall, a pregnant giraffe, Sarah, gave birth inside a barn. The newborn calf weighed 147 pounds and stood nearly six feet tall.
Animal caregivers at GWC named the baby giraffe ‘Frannie,’ short for Francine.
