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Endangered giraffes killed by low hanging power lines in Kenya Issued on: 23/02/2021 - 11:26 Animal campaigners in Kenya say power lines in Soysambu Conservancy have become a “death trap” for giraffes. CC0/Pixabay 2 min Kenya’s main power company has promised to raise the height of its power lines in the Soysambu Conservancy after three rare Rothschild giraffes were electrocuted. Advertising Read more News of...

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Officials: Three rare giraffes electrocuted to death by power lines in Kenya conservation area

Three threatened giraffes in Kenya were electrocuted to death over the weekend after walking into low-lying electric power transmission lines at a local conservancy. 

Three giraffes have died after walking into low-hanging electricity cables at a Kenyan wildlife park.   One was killed after coming into contact with a live wire on Sunday, while the two others were electrocuted in a similar incident on Friday.  All three were Rothschilds giraffes, which are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICU).   The deaths occurred at the Soysambu Conservancy in Kenyas Nakuru County and prompted outrage on social media, partic...

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Kenya Power Announces System Change After Giraffe Electrocution Kenya Power and Lighting Company engineers load a transformer into a lorry. Twitter Kenya Power has announced that it has commenced the overhaul of some of its transmission systems after a deadly electrocution over the weekend sparked an uproar. The incident left three Rothschilds giraffes dead at Soysambu Conservancy after coming into contact with live power wires. The Rothschild’s giraffe is one of the most endangered giraffe s...

THE STANDARD BUSINESS NEWS Kenya Power employees at the Soysambu Conservancy. Kenya Power has expressed regrets following the electrocution of the three giraffes at Soysambu Conservancy in Nakuru. While announcing the commencement of works to alter the infrastructure at the conservancy, the Company’s CEO and Managing Director Bernard Ngugi said they take any electricity-related accidents seriously and this had served as a lesson. “We regret this incident because we recognize that wildlife ...

Kenya’s wildlife agency says two giraffes were electrocuted on Sunday when they walked into low-lying electric power transmission lines that pass through the Soysambu Conservancy in western Kenya.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s wildlife agency says two giraffes were electrocuted on...

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