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2. Rothschild's giraffe - Wikipedia

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   In addition, Rothschild's giraffe displays no markings on the lower leg, giving it the impression of wearing white stockings. [2] Another distinguishing feature of Rothschild's giraffe, although harder to spot, is the number of ossicones on the head. This is the only Giraffa phenotype to be born with five ossicones. Two of these are the larger ...

3. 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 ...

4. Giraffe Centre - Wikipedia

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   In 1979, the Giraffe Center, a nature sanctuary for visiting and including wildlife conservation education for urban school children, was started by Jock Leslie Melville, the Kenyan grandson of a Scottish Earl, [2] when he and his wife Betty captured two baby giraffe to start a programme of breeding giraffe on their Langata property, site of ...

5. Kenya embarks on its biggest rhino relocation project. A ...

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   Kenya has embarked on its biggest rhino relocation project and began the difficult work Tuesday of tracking, darting and moving 21 of the critically endangered beasts, which can each weigh over a ...

6. Watch moment rare Rothschild’s giraffe born at Belgium zoo

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   A rare Rothschild's giraffe was born at a zoo in Belgium on Wednesday (22 March). Footage shared by the Pairi Daiza zoo, located in Brugelette, shows the calf - which is yet to be named - being ...

7. 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.

8. All About Giraffes: Get Up Close Views at Nairobi's Giraffe ...

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9. Garissa - Wikipedia

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   The Tana River, which rises in Mount Kenya east of Nyeri, flows through Garissa.The Bour-Algi Giraffe Sanctuary, situated 5 km south of Garissa, is home to endangered wildlife including the Rothschild giraffe, gerenuk and other herbivores including Kirk's dik-dik, lesser kudu, warthog and waterbuck.