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BARINGO COUNTY, Kenya – Last December in the town of Marigat, in Kenya’s central Baringo county, Paul Chepsoi had to excuse himself from a dinner of nyama choma (roasted goat) to take a call. Upon returning to the table, he explained that it was to arbitrate a dispute over stolen cows. “If I don’t get […]

Lake Baringo burst its banks in 2013, bringing an influx of the yellow-billed storks and Spoonbill spectacle to behold.

On a trip to Kenya, wildlife photographer Ami Vitale documented a tower of giraffes being rescued from a remote island.

Photograph by AMI VITALE Eager to see these giraffes return to their homeland, Pokot and Ilchamus community members got to work. Within a year they had established the Ruko Conservancy, a 44,000-acre community conservancy where both the Pokot and Ilchamus work. “It wasn’t easy,” says Rebby Sebei, a Pokot community member who manages the conservancy. “But both sides were keen for change.” In 2011 the conservancy received its first group of Rothschild’s giraffes: eight animals relocat...

Apr 14, 2021 02:56 PM EDT Ngarikoni and baby Noelle were the remaining out of nine giraffes to be Saved. How do you rescue a herd of giraffes that are trapped on a swiftly sinking island? Float them to the mainland on a custom-constructed barge - a "GiRaft." (Photo : Rachel Claire) Save Giraffes Now (SGN)  That is how a months-long rescue operation for giraffe in Kenya currently concluded on April 12, taking the last of nine giraffes that were stranded to safety, according to a statement by Sa...

Baby giraffe and mother are rescued from a flooded Kenya island Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Wildlife conservations have been working against time to rescue nine endangered giraffes stranded on a flooding Kenyan island and their efforts have finally paid off with the last two being brought to shore. A small calf named Noelle and her mother Ngarikoni were loaded onto the same steel barge that carried the other seven one-mile throu...

Credit: Kieran Avery, Northern Rangelands Trust Awala the giraffe is back on safe ground. According to a release from Save Giraffes Now, the U.S. nonprofits partners in Kenya floated Awala, an endangered Rothschilds giraffe, from a flooded island in Kenya to the Ruko Community Wildlife Conservancys newly created giraffe sanctuary on a custom barge. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following ...

An ambitious project has been unfolding in Kenya, where conservationists are working hard to rescue a population of giraffes stuck on an island that is ste

Endangered giraffes are trapped on an island in Kenyas Lake Baringo. Photos show how rescuers are ferrying them to safety. Aylin Woodward A group of endangered giraffes got marooned on an island in Kenyas Lake Baringo. Rising waters are flooding more and more of the island, so conservationists hatched a daring rescue operation. Groups are working together to ferry the animals off the island. Three of nine giraffes have been saved so far. In Kenyas Lake Baringo, a ...

Asiwa the giraffe is ferried off a flooded island in Kenya. She was blindfolded to keep her calm during the trip. Giraffes are stuck on a flooding island. But the rescues have begun Photographs by Ami Vitale Story by Kyle Almond, CNN Asiwa the giraffe is ferried off a flooded island in Kenya. She was blindfolded to keep her calm during the trip. Time was running out for Asiwa, a Rothschild’s giraffe in western Kenya. For years, she and seven other giraffes had ...