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  2. Giraffe Centre - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Giraffe Manor - Wikipedia

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    Giraffe Manor. Giraffe Manor is a small hotel in the Lang'ata suburb of Nairobi, Kenya which, together with its associated Giraffe Centre, serves as a home to a number of endangered Rothschild's giraffes, and operates a breeding programme to reintroduce breeding pairs back into the wild to secure the future of the subspecies.

  4. Rothschild's giraffe - Wikipedia

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    Lydekker, 1903. Rothschild's giraffe's range in light green. Synonyms. G.c. rothschildi (Lydekker, 1903) Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis ) is an ecotype of the Nubian giraffe. It is one of the most endangered distinct populations of giraffe, with 1,399 mature individuals estimated in the wild in 2018.

  5. Life Education Australia - Wikipedia

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    Life Education Australia Logo as of 2021. Life Education Australia (Life Ed) is the largest and most recognised health education provider in Australian schools. [1] Life Ed reaches on average 700,000 children annually where qualified educators present evidence-based preventative health and wellbeing education, along with Healthy Harold, the giraffe puppet and mascot who is the face of the ...

  6. Betty Leslie-Melville - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Santa Barbara Zoo - Wikipedia

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    www.sbzoo.org. The Santa Barbara Zoo is located on 30 acres (12 ha) near the ocean in Santa Barbara, California. It was built on the site of what was known as the Child Estate. It has more than 500 animals in numerous exhibits, including capybara and California condors, and was known for having had a giraffe with a crooked neck.

  8. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.cmzoo.org. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is a zoological park located southwest of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Cheyenne Mountain in the United States. At an elevation of 6,714 feet (2,046 m) above sea level, it is the highest zoo in the country. The zoo covers 140 acres (57 ha), 40 of which are in use.

  9. White Oak Conservation - Wikipedia

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    White Oak Conservation, which is part of Walter Conservation, is a 17,000-acre (6,900 ha) conservation center in northeastern Florida.It is dedicated to the conservation of endangered and threatened species, including Indian rhinoceros, southern white rhinoceros, south-central black rhinoceros (also known as southern black rhinoceros), Asian elephants, giraffes, okapi, bongo antelope, zebras ...