Wildlife conservationists have again traveled through crocodile infested waters of Lake Baringo in Kenya to rescue an endangered giraffe trapped on the flooding Longicharo island. David O'Connor, president of Save Giraffes Now, said: ' 'It's heartening to have three safely moved, but we won't rest until the other six are safe at Ruko Conservancy, as we.' But due to the rising river, the piece of land that connects the island to the mainland is completely submerged. These giraffe arrived to the mainland from Longicharo Island, a rocky lava pinnacle studded with acacia trees. The animals are Rothschild's, or Nubian, giraffe, which is a critically endangered subspecies of the Northern giraffe that once roamed the entire western Rift Valley in Kenya and into Uganda.

Source: Daily Mail January 28, 2021 17:21 UTC