Giraffe, New Zealand

This photograph was taken at Orana Wildlife Park in South Island, New Zealand. The park is New Zealand's only open-range zoo, spanning 80 hectares near Christchurch Airport. It is home to over 1,000 animals from 90 different species, including the country's only gorillas. Orana is internationally renowned for its involvement in zoo-based breeding programmes for endangered exotic and native species. They offer a range of animal encounters including feeding the giraffes, which is where I took the photographs.