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  2. Giraffe Centre - Wikipedia

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    Giraffe Centre. / -1.374469; 36.742324. 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 ...

  3. Giraffe Manor - Wikipedia

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    Giraffe Manor. / -1.3756; 36.7447. 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. Nairobi National Park - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1946 about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Nairobi. It is fenced on three sides, whereas the open southern boundary allows migrating wildlife to move between the park and the adjacent Kitengela plains. Herbivores gather in the park during the dry season.

  5. Rothschild's giraffe - Wikipedia

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    Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi is named after the Tring Museum 's founder, Walter Rothschild, [2] and is also known as the Baringo giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya, [3] or as the Ugandan giraffe. All of those living in the wild are in protected areas in Kenya and Uganda. In 2007, Rothschild's giraffe was proposed as a separate ...

  6. List of red-light districts - Wikipedia

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    Manningham – the red light district is situated around Lumb Lane and Manningham Lane and was featured in the TV series Band of Gold. [250] Huddersfield. Great Northern Street [251] Leeds. Chapeltown – the traditional red light-area was around the Spencer Place and Avenue Hill streets.

  7. Betty Leslie-Melville - Wikipedia

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    Along with her husband Jock Leslie-Melville and their adopted giraffe Daisy, they were the subject of the film The Last Giraffe (1979) with Susan Anspach playing Betty. [3] As part of their fund-raising efforts, Betty and Jock Leslie-Melville collaborated on a series of books about animals, most of them characterized by Betty's rather ...

  8. Lang'ata - Wikipedia

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    Lang'ata. /  1.36611°S 36.73806°E  / -1.36611; 36.73806. Lang'ata is a predominantly middle-class residential suburb of Nairobi in Kenya. The suburb consists of many smaller housing developments, referred to as estates. They include Nairobi Dam, Otiende, Southlands, Ngei, Jambo estate, Onyonka, Madaraka Estate, Kutch Prant, Rubia, NHC ...

  9. Adorable Baby Giraffe Fights to Stay Awake at Memphis ... - AOL

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    He was a big baby and weighed in at a whopping 150 pounds at birth and was already 6-feet tall. Fitz was born on his dad Nik's birthday. He is the tenth calf for his dad and the fourth for his mom ...