I am so impressed at all this small and young organization has accomplished.? Really incredible. Imagine what they can do with even more resources!
I¡¯ve always loved these gentle giants.
Giraffes are vegan. ;)
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Save Giraffes Now <info@...>Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 9:14?AM
Subject: Giraffe Thank You's for 2024! ??
We are so happy to share some of the successes we celebrated this year thanks to your support.
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Dear Giraffe Friends,??
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On behalf of all of us at Save Giraffes Now, a tremendous thank you for supporting this?work and joining our?fight to ensure giraffe can live freely and safely in their native Africa for generations to come.?I am honored to share some of the successes the team celebrated in 2024. All of this has been made possible because of your support and generosity.
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Photo: Nubian (formerly Rothschild's) giraffe being moved from a farm in Eldoret to Ruko Community Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya.
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Anti-Poaching Initiatives:
- Funded the Northern Rangelands Trust ¡°9-3¡± anti-poaching ranger team in Northeastern Kenya, an area highly impacted by terrorism and commercial bushmeat poaching.
- Renewed our continuing?commitment to?the Milgis Trust community scout program protecting a small population of Reticulated giraffe in the Kaisut Desert in Kenya. This small but mighty team has also trained camels to assist in patrols.
- Hosted a judicial training to focus on enhancing evidence gathering and presentation for successful convictions of wildlife poachers, contributing to a safer ecosystem for not only the giraffes but all species in Kenya.
- Continued support of the Kamuthe Community Conservancy scout team which we established in 2023. The Kamuthe team, located in Garissa County, Kenya,?employs and empowers local people to protect giraffe and other wildlife in this remote area.
- Funded much needed equipment and motorbikes to allow the Kamuthe scouts to better patrol the landscape.
- Supported de-snaring operations in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia,?home of the last remaining Thornicroft¡¯s giraffe.
Rescue and Rewildling of Giraffe:
- Hand-reared, supplied milk, and advised on a young giraffe calf at Ruko Community Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya whose mother rejected him at birth.
- Built a stable and paddock with predator proof lights to house the Ruko calf until he is old enough to be on his own. The stable will remain and be repurposed.
- Funded urgent medical supplies to treat severe, nonhealing snare wounds in giraffe in Uganda, a problem we discerned on a recent visit there.?
- Translocated 7 additional giraffe to Ruko to improve the gene pool and bolster the population. Along with the new giraffe, Save Giraffes Now also brought in?80 impala, 65 zebra, 11 reedbuck, and 4 oribi, in an effort to increase local tourism revenue for the community.
- Translocated giraffe in South Africa to increase genetic diversity.
- Translocated giraffe in Botswana to increase genetic diversity.
Coexistence of People and Giraffe (as well as other wildlife and livestock):
- Drilled boreholes at multiple conservancies within the Athi-Kapiti Plains area to improve water accessibility for giraffe, wildlife, people, and livestock.
- Trained teams of scouts and implemented EarthRanger, a wildlife monitoring software, across multiple key landscapes for giraffe.?
- Continued clearing a fast-growing, invasive plant species, mathenge, from the banks of the Tana River in northeastern Kenya with teams of local people employed to do the work as much as possible (sometimes a bulldozer is needed). This kept previously cleared access points open and created new corridors for giraffe and other wildlife (as well as people and livestock) to reach river water during times of drought.?
- Investigated roadside mortalities and identified?giraffe crossing locations and patterns to inform the placement of wildlife crossing zones on the Mombasa Highway, the major road from the port to many parts of Kenya. Save Giraffes Now continued working with multiple parties to get action.?
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Photo: Save Giraffes Now's Head of Research, Aggrey Chemwa, with the young calf being hand-reared at Ruko.?
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We could not do this important work without the support of our Giraffe Friends like you.?
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All our best,
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Susan Myers
Founder & CEO
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