Amyrn (on the right) 12/20/2007-11/14/2011I was writing some stupid entry about nothing in particular when I stopped and looked at the news for a few minutes.
Oh, sadness.
I took this picture of Amyrn and his mother, Eleah in July and wrote about it here. Amyrn came right over to the fence when I stuck my head over the top of it. He stayed there staring at me forever and I stared right back. The first giraffe I ever saw with my own eyes and he was very gracious and patient while I took pictures and talked to him as if any second he might pick up the conversation and run with it.
I hope he had a good life, and I hope he didn't suffer.
I'm not going to debate anyone on the merits of animals living in relative captivity so stuff that for now and just enjoy the photo. There are more on the original post linked above.