The world's only known white giraffe has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to keep poachers at bay in north-east Kenya, conservationists say.

A conservation group said rangers could monitor the lone male giraffe's movements in real time.

The giraffe has a rare genetic condition called leucism, which causes the loss of skin pigmentation.

He is thought to be the last of his kind, after poachers killed two of his family members in March.

Rangers fear the giraffe could suffer the same fate as his relatives, a female and her seven-month-old calf with similar white skin.

Their carcasses were found in a conservation area in Kenya's north-eastern Garissa County, where the male giraffe is currently living alone.

Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya
The Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy, which oversees wildlife in the area, said the tracking device was attached to one of the giraffe's horns on 8 November.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the non-profit group said the tracking device would give hourly updates on the giraffe's whereabouts, enabling rangers to "keep the unique animal safe from poachers".

The manager of the group, Mohammed Ahmednoor, thanked conservationists for their help in protecting the giraffe and other wildlife.


"The giraffe's grazing range has been blessed with good rains in the recent past and the abundant vegetation bodes well for the future of the white male," he said.

The Kenya Wildlife Society, the main conservation body in the east-African country, said it was happy to assist in efforts to protect "unique wildlife like the only known white giraffe".

White giraffes were first spotted in Kenya in March 2016, about two months after a sighting in neighbouring Tanzania.

A year later, white giraffes made headlines again, after the mother and her calf from the conservancy in Kenya's Garissa County were caught on camera.


Native to more than 15 African countries, giraffes are the world's tallest mammals. They are hunted by poachers for their hides, meat and body parts.

Some 40% of the giraffe population has disappeared in the last 30 years, with poaching and wildlife trafficking contributing to this decline, according to the Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF) .

Giraffes have been designated as a vulnerable species on The International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List , with an estimated population of 68,293 globally.

Nice one....

Humans

see as them value Animal .. if this one is found in Nigeria... hmmmm inside pot

Noble1000:
see as them value Animal .. if this one is found in Nigeria... hmmmm inside pot

i am waiting for righteousness89 to come preach endtime message

When humans finally goes extinct. The animals will be free

Whenever I watch sci-fi movies and see aliens dealing with humans, like wth, we are worse to the species we share same planets with and u expect to be treated better....

See pepper soup

If na nigeria, if dem like make dem use Hisbah police secure am, we go still kill am chop

the different one

Regardless of our intentions, to those animals we are monsters! Just like we always think Aliens are monsters.

Okay o
Them go locate tracker inside pot abi?

Why would someone see something this cute and want to kill it?

Haba

Hope Lion no go chop am

see as the animal fine, still na afin

africa is way backward in everything...the way these whites treat animals with love and care you would wonder if its this same animals kill for fun, money or food

you kill a whole rhino just for it horn, then leave the body to rot, same for elephants and others

Beautiful!
Lucky to have been in a good environment.

Giraffes is one animal that knows how to pose for camera

Animal way go end up for pot go still end up for pot...if dem like make dem give am special body guard.


E go still sup....

wow white giraffe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMXZsaGmnu0

I thought this giraffe has been killed since according to BBC

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-51816083

kambili999:
Why would someone see something this cute and want to kill it?

Haba

Same thing I kept wondering


the creator of Mother Nature is Great

kambili999:
Why would someone see something this cute and want to kill it?

Haba

same reason I can't eat rabbit. that animal is too cute for me

Petyr1:
same reason I can't eat rabbit. that animal is too cute for me

as in ehn

jimmychang:
Humans

Africans you mean.

When are we going to do these same thing in principle for humanity?
I mean when do we get rid of things that threaten human beings too like LGBT and rituals?

MJluv:
Africans you mean.

Not Africans,humans in general ...

Scriptural Holiness is the only key.


Thanks bro for this insight.

Standing5:
When are we going to do these same thing in principle for humanity?
I mean when do we get rid of things that threaten human beings too like LGBT and rituals?