Kipenzi, the giraffe calf made her a star, died last night.
The calf ran into the edge of her habitat, breaking three vertebrae in her neck. Officials with the Dallas Zoo say she died immediately.
鈥淩unning is a typical behavior for giraffes of all ages, especially young ones like Kipenzi,鈥� Harrison Edell, the zoo鈥檚 senior director of living collections, said in a press release. 鈥淲e鈥檝e been very cautious with where we鈥檝e allowed Kipenzi to roam, as we were with her siblings Kopano and Jamie when they were small. It鈥檚 heartbreaking that this happened where it did despite our precautions.鈥�
Kipenzi made her public debut at the zoo in May.
