Happy World Giraffe Day. In this episode I talk with Save Giraffes Now President, David O’Connor. We dive into the world of Giraffes, and their conservation. He also takes us through the translocation exercise of Nine Rothschild Giraffes from the flooded Lake Baringo peninsula in Kenya where the giraffes called...
National Geographic Overheard Podcast
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...
