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. nonprofit's partners in Kenya floated Awala, an endangered Rothschild's giraffe, from a flooded island in Kenya to the Ruko Community Wildlife Conservancy's newly created giraffe sanctuary on a custom barge. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Awala's rescue is part of a larger, complex effort to save all of the giraffes caught on a flooded Kenyan island with very little food. At the sanctuary, Awala will reunite with Asiwa, Easter, and Lbarnoti, the three other giraffes rescued from the island so far.