Giraffes on a Boat: It sounds like the start of a bad joke: How do you move eight giraffes--including a newborn calf--off an island in Africa's Western Rift Valley? Answer: It isn't easy, and it involves a boat, blindfolds, and earmuffs. We follow conversationalist David O'Connor on an epic (and...
Last Two Giraffes Rescued From a Disappearing Island in Kenya
Smithsonian Magazine || On April 12, wildlife authorities and conservationists completed a tall task: ferrying the final two giraffes off of a sinking island in Lake Baringo, Kenya, George Dvorsky reports for Gizmodo. For many years, Rothschild’s giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) have lived on a peninsula in the lake. The...
Last of 9 Giraffes Stranded on Flooded Kenyan Island Floated to Safety: ‘A Significant Success’
People || Nine endangered Rothschild's giraffes are finally back on solid ground. The efforts to rescue the animals started 15 months ago after rising waters caused flooding around Kenya's Lake Baringo in early 2020. According to a release from Save Giraffes Now — a non-profit committed to saving giraffes from...
In The Press: Rescue success! Last of nine stranded giraffe floated off disappearing Kenya island by Save Giraffes Now, partners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - A remarkable international rescue is finally complete today, as the last of nine critically endangered Rothschild’s giraffe were floated to safety from their flooded Kenyan island by Save Giraffes Now and its conservation partners...
