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Poachers Slaughter Kenya’s Only White Female Giraffe and Her Calf
Poachers have killed Kenya’s only white female giraffe and her calf, the Northern Rangelands Trust reported today.
SAD NEWS
: @IshaqbiniHirola Community Conservancy, Garissa County loses two famous white giraffes to poachers.
For more info, here’s the press release. @KWS @USAIDKenya @EUinKenya @denmarkinkenya @Nature_Africa @KWCAKenya @africa_ci @SwedeninKE pic.twitter.com/Nwp1F0VexF
— @nrt_kenya (@NRT_Kenya) March 10, 2020
Two rare white giraffes–a mother giraffe and her calf– were killed by poachers in a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary, officials say. t.co/zp2p65mB8B
— CNN Africa (@CNNAfrica) March 10, 2020
Wrote the NRT in a press release: “Her calf was the second birth reported in August last year, resulting in a family of three white giraffes. After this incident, only a lone bull remains. The white giraffes are not albinos, but have a condition called leucism, which allows them to continue to produce dark pigment in soft tissues, such as the eyes.”
GOOD NEWS!
The famous White giraffe in @IshaqbiniHirola Community Conservancy, Garissa has given birth to her second white baby! It’s a family of three now.
Congratulations to the mother and good job to our rangers for monitoring & protecting the white giraffes. @kwskenya pic.twitter.com/fbA20J4Yts— @nrt_kenya (@NRT_Kenya) August 23, 2019
Said Mohammed Ahmednoor, manager of the reserve in Garissa County, Kenya” “This is a very sad day for the community of Ijara and Kenya as a whole. We are the only community in the world who are custodians of the white giraffes.”
Poachers kill Kenya’s only white female giraffe and her calf: report t.co/uQM5Zo48QL pic.twitter.com/OWelCaoz9n
— The Hill (@thehill) March 10, 2020
No!!!!! Just stop the gawd damn trophy hunting!!!!! Can we preserve nothing extraordinary and beautiful!!? I am so saddened to hear Kenya’s rare white giraffes killed by poachers. #bantrophyhunting t.co/EuYzE4urqY
— Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) March 10, 2020
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