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  2. 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.

  3. Betty Leslie-Melville - Wikipedia

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    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. During her time working there, the Rothschild's giraffe population grew from about one hundred twenty to ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes have been thought of as one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park - Wikipedia

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    Port Lympne Wild Animal Park. Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve near the town of Hythe in Kent, England is set in 600 acres (2.4 km 2) and incorporates the historic Port Lympne Mansion, and landscaped gardens designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker, for Sir Philip Sassoon . The estate with an Edwardian mansion near Lympne was purchased in 1973 by ...

  8. London Zoo - Wikipedia

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    London Zoo's Giraffe House was first built in 1837, and is the world's oldest zoo building that is still used for its original purpose. The Giraffe House is a Grade II listed building. Rainforest Life and Night Life. Rainforest Life is a walk-through indoor exhibit that houses many species of South American rainforest animals.

  9. Giraffe Has the Sweetest Expression After Visit From the ...

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    A good trip to the chiropractor can do wonders. But most people don't realize that they can work on animals too. It's true! Dr. Joren Whitley of Edmond, Oklahoma shared his recent chiropractic ...