COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (February 14, 2023) — One of the zoo’s most popular and beloved residents, Twiga, a sixteen-year-old female Southern Nubian Giraffe, passed away on January 3 from a degenerative neurological disease of the brain and spinal cord. “Twiga was an extraordinary member of our zoo family’ beloved by her keepers and our guests alike,” says Zoo Director Lee Jackson. Twiga came to the Niabi Zoo in 2007 from the Palm Beach Zoo at the age of one.