For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Follow us on Facebook ☛ http://me.lt/9P8MUn<br /><br />A giraffe from New Zealand is freighted by ship and then on the back of a truck, on its way to its new home in Melbourne, Australia. The young male will join the bachelor herd at Werribee Zoo and become part of their breeding program.<br /><br />One of the tallest New Zealanders has arrived in Australia, completing a five-day, 1600 mile voyage across the ocean.<br /><br />Jelani the giraffe was transported by ship, the JPO Scorpius, from Auckland Zoo, and arrived in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday.<br /><br />After he was unloaded from the ship onto the back of a truck, zoo keeper Nat Sullivan offered Jelani one last bite to eat before driving through city streets en route to the giraffe's new home at Melbourne's Werribee Open Range Zoo.<br /><br />Jelani will be kept in quarantine for a few days before he's allowed to meet the other animals at the zoo.<br /><br />[Nat Sullivan, Auckland Zoo Keeper]:<br />"Once Jelani is introduced to the rest of the herd, you know, it's going to be a great sight for people to come and see. He is a really playful giraffe."<br /><br />Jelani has come to Australia to be part of a breeding program at the zoo.<br /><br />He will join the zoo's bachelor herd, and live among antelope, rhinoceroses and zebras.<br /><br />Auckland Zoo and Werribee Open Range Zoo are part of an Australasian regional breeding program for giraffes.
