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"After an epic 36-hour journey, the first native giraffes to be returned to an
Angolan national park arrived from Namibia this week, in what many hope to be
the first of multiple translocations to return the animals to their historical
homeland.
The giraffes, seven males and seven females, travelled more than 800 miles
(1,300km) from a private game farm near Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region
of central Namibia to Iona national park in the south-west corner of Angola.
The new arrivals are the first Angolan giraffes (
Giraffa giraffa angolensis)
to be brought back to the country’s national parks in an effort to restore
Angola’s wildlife, which was decimated during decades of conflict. The giraffes
were thought to have been extinct since the 1990s.
“It’s great seeing a species back where it should be,” said Pedro Monterroso,
Iona national park manager. “It’s a message of hope for conservation in this
country.”
The translocation was a team effort by African Parks, an NGO that oversees the
management of national parks in 12 countries, including Iona, the government of
Angola and Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF), which, along with the Wyss
Foundation, funded the move."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-wash-poverty-usa-seabird-conservation/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
