Baby Giraffe giving name Sandy Hook

As revealed on TODAY Monday, the female Rothschild giraffe has been given the name "Sandy Hope" after the Leo Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich, Conn., appealed to the public and received nearly 7,000 entries on its website, according to Marcella Leone, the center’s founder and director. The giraffe’s name is in reference to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012, that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adult staff members.

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