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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Marius (giraffe) - Wikipedia

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    Marius (6 February 2012 – 9 February 2014) was a male giraffe living at Copenhagen Zoo. Though healthy, he was genetically unsuitable for future captive breeding, as his genes were over-represented in the captive population, so the zoo authorities decided to euthanize him. Despite several offers to adopt Marius and an online petition to save ...

  6. What happened to Rhode Island's Global Entry Center for ... - AOL

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    May 20, 2024 at 5:15 AM. When U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed the Warwick office that processed applications to its Global Entry program for international travelers in 2020, barely ...

  7. Venice entry fee labelled ‘total failure’ with ... - AOL

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    May 22, 2024 at 7:03 AM. The entry fee trial commenced on 25 April (Simon Calder) Venice’s new tourist tax scheme has been called a “total failure” in the Italian city’s battle against ...

  8. Leipzig Zoological Garden - Wikipedia

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    www .zoo-leipzig .de /en /. Leipzig Zoological Garden, or Leipzig Zoo (German: Zoologischer Garten Leipzig) is a zoo in Leipzig`s district Mitte, Germany. It was first opened on June 9, 1878. It was taken over by the city of Leipzig in 1920 after World War I and now covers about 27 hectares (67 acres) and contains approximately 850 species. [1]

  9. Venice entry fee tickets go on sale. Here’s how they work - AOL

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    When will the entry fee be in force? The access fee will be due on 29 days between April 25 and July 14. The dates are as follows: • April 25-30 • May 1-5 • May 11-12 • May 18-19 • May 25-26