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Giraffe poking its head through the front door of Giraffe Manor. Shortly after purchasing the Manor, the Leslie-Melvilles learned that the only remaining Rothschild giraffes in Kenya were in danger due to the purchase by the Kenyan government of an 18,000-acre (73 km 2) privately owned ranch (to resettle squatters, some of them speculated to be descendants of victims of land expulsion by the ...
The Giraffe Centre is located in Lang'ata, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the centre of Nairobi, Kenya. It was established in order to protect the vulnerable giraffe, that is found only in the grasslands of East Africa. In 1979, the Giraffe Center, a nature sanctuary for visiting and including wildlife conservation education for urban ...
Betty married Jock Leslie-Melville in 1964. [1] [2]She was instrumental in creating sanctuaries to preserve the subspecies of the Rothschild's giraffe in Kenya.Often called the "Giraffe Lady," she spent much of her life living and working in Kenya protecting and caring for the Rothschild's giraffe population there, primarily through a breeding programme established at her residence, Giraffe Manor.
Established. 1985. Mount Ololokwe (in the reserve) Samburu National Reserve is a game reserve on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro river in Kenya. It is 165 km 2 (64 sq mi) in size and is 350 km (220 mi) from Nairobi. It ranges in elevation from 800 to 1,230 m (2,620 to 4,040 ft). [1] Geographically and administratively, it is part of Samburu County.
Bour-Algi Giraffe Sanctuary. The Bour-Algi Giraffe Sanctuary is a community-based conservation and natural resource management initiative. The sanctuary is located in Garissa County, Kenya, in the area surrounding the village of Bour-Algi, 5 km south of Garissa town. The sanctuary covers an area of around 125 km² and borders the Tana River to ...
The Buffalo Springs National Reserve is located south of the Samburu National Reserve, which lies on the other side of the Ewaso Ngiro River. It is named after an oasis of clear water at its western end. The reserve has an area of 131 square kilometres (51 sq mi), and its altitude ranges between 850 metres (2,790 ft) and 1,230 metres (4,040 ft ...
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