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2. Giraffe Manor - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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.

5. Anne Innis Dagg - Wikipedia

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   Anne Christine Innis Dagg CM (25 January 1933 – 1 April 2024) was a Canadian zoologist, feminist, and author of numerous books. A pioneer in the study of animal behaviour in the wild, Dagg is credited with being the first person to study wild giraffes. [ 1 ] Her impact on current understandings of giraffe biology and behaviour were the focus ...

6. Spotless giraffe — first ever seen in wild — photographed ...

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   A young giraffe without any visible spots was photographed in the wild of Namibia — a first-of-its kind sighting. The “plain brown” giraffe was seen with its mother on a private game reserve ...

7. 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.