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Newest baby giraffe will be known by initials of 40-year employee of Dickerson Park Zoo

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The newest giraffe at Dickerson Park Zoo now has a name.  The zoo's director allowed 40-year zoo employee Blanche Jones to pick the name for the calf born on Thanksgiving weekend, and Jones chose her initials: B.J.

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November 28, 2012

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