Giraffe looking for love--anyplace, anytime--species unimportant

In Monterrey, Mexico:

Keepers of a small menagerie at a Mexican park are looking for a mate for a lovesick giraffe after the 15-foot-tall beast tried to make love to a tree and a garden shed.

The director of Central Park in Ciudad Juarez, south of the border from El Paso, Texas, said on Friday they have been looking since last month for a mate for the five-year-old giraffe, named Modesto.

'He's driving us crazy,' Juan Aragones told Reuters in a telephone interview. 'He's mounted a tree, a fence and even a shed.'

Aragones said Central Park had begun contacting animal dealers in Mexico to find a mate for Modesto, who was born in captivity and has lived alone at the recreational park for three years. He has never had a sexual partner.

The park is home only to Modesto and a few ducks.

Which are currently giving Modesto a very wide berth, I daresay.