World’s Only Known Living White Giraffe Fitted with GPS in Kenya After Poachers Kill Its Family

People || The world’s only known living white giraffe has been fitted with a GPS tracker to protect it from poachers in southeast Kenya.

The 15-foot tall male giraffe is currently alone in Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in Ijara, Garissa County, after two other white giraffes in the conservancy, a female and her calf, were killed by poachers earlier this year, the conservancy said in a statement.

Due to the giraffe suffering from leucism — a rare condition that causes partial loss of pigmentation in its skin — he is a prime target for dangerous poachers.

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