COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s giraffes are one step closer to getting their new home!

On Wednesday, the final steel structural beam was placed on the International Center for the Care and Conservation of Giraffe.

The zoo said the African Rift Valley Habitat, which is currently home to CMZoo’s 16-member giraffe herd, was built more than 20 years ago.

“If you’ve ever fed the giraffe[s] on a cooler day in our current giraffe barn, you know the experience is fun, but it’s not as engaging as the experience of feeding them in their main yard, where they can come right up to you at eye-level,” Cheyenne Mountain Zoo President and CEO Bob Chastain said. “The new giraffe barn will provide a variety of indoor and outdoor opportunities to feed giraffe from different a

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