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    After Flooding, Giraffes Are Brought To Safety in Custom Rafts Built By Community



    Eight endangered giraffes trapped on a shrinking island in the middle of a flooding lake is peril enough, but the water was infested with crocodiles.

    Racing into action were conservationists, government officials, and local community members of Ruko Community Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya to try and construct a “giraffe-raft” in order to ferry them across the lake to safety on higher ground.


    Making it ever more urgent, the stranded giraffes were of the endangered Rothschild’s subspecies, numbering only 1,600 animals left in the wild.


    Longicharo Island in Lake Baringo wasn’t always an island, but rather a peninsula that split apart after years of intense flooding. The giraffes arrived in 2011, brought by park rangers who believed it was a danger-free place. They kept them fed and healthy, traveling the river by boat.


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    Yay! I love Giraffes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abby08 View Post
    Yay! I love Giraffes.
    I always thought it would be fun to visit Giraffe Manor:


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    No crows nest needed.

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    I saw a giraffe baby that had been born only a few hours before, and it was at least six feet tall. It began walking almost immediately and was running later in the day. Imagine the inborn sense of balance they must have.
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