At Dallas Zoo: Will giraffes accept the elephants?

Last September when I visited the Dallas Zoo, I learned about its pioneering efforts to re-create an African savanna by mixing elephants and hoofed critters. Although other zoos have mixed giraffes, zebras, guinea fowl, etc., Dallas is the first zoo in North America to add elephants to the mix.

By Terry Gardner, Special to Tribune Newspapers

February 7, 2012