Kenyan Masai giraffes find new home after human threat

Thirteen Masai giraffes from the Kenyan area of Moi Ndabi were loaded onto trucks for rescue efforts due to long going threats and conflicts from local communities and poachers, according to Rueters.

Veterinaries and capture officers at Kenya Wildlife Service have moved the giraffes to conservancies to be monitored, including the Loldia farm 120 kms from the capital Nairobi.

In the farm, the giraffes will join an existing giraffe population, and will have more space to roam and water to drink.

The organisation’s head Dominic Mijele has been rescuing giraffes for 18 years, and is keen on continuing his rescuing efforts.

“They will be very well secured with enough water … there will be no human-wildlife conflict,” Mijele said.