Threatened by humans, Kenyan Masai giraffes find new home
THIRTEEN Masai giraffes in the Moi Ndabi area in Kenya's Naivasha basin were darted and loaded onto trucks following a rescue effort, after long being threatened by poachers and conflict with local communities. Veterinary doctors and capture officers at the state-run Kenya Wildlife Service have now moved them to conservancies, including to the Loldia farm, some 120 km (75 miles) northwest of the capital Nairobi, where they will be monitored. Kenya Wildlife Service workers attend to a Masai giraffe during its translocation from the community farmland of Moi Ndabi area to Loldia Wildlife Conservancy, near Naivasha in Nakuru County, Kenya…