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Mike Parkei, a ranger for Ruko Conservancy looks after 8 Rothschild's (Nubian) giraffes who have become stranded on Longicharo Island, a rocky lava pinnacle, inside Lake Baringo in western Kenya, November 28, 2020. Rising lake levels have cut the peninsula into an island, trapping the giraffes, and the local community is working with conservation organizations to keep them alive. The plan is to move the giraffe on a barge for 1.1. miles to the 4,400-acre fences sanctuary within the 44,000 acre Ruko Conservancy. The herd includes one make names Lbarnnoti and seven females: five adults named Nkarikoni, Nalangu, Awala, Asiwa and Nasieku; and two juveniles, Susan and Pasaka. Asiwa is isolated on a far part of the island. Today, fewer than 3,000 Rothschild's giraffes are left in Africa, with about 800 in Kenya. (Photo by Ami Vitale)

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Mike Parkei, a ranger for Ruko Conservancy looks after 8 Rothschild's (Nubian) giraffes who have become stranded on Longicharo Island, a rocky lava pinnacle, inside Lake Baringo in western Kenya, November 28, 2020. Rising lake levels have cut the peninsula into an island, trapping the giraffes, and the local community is working with conservation organizations to keep them alive. The plan is to move the giraffe on a barge for 1.1. miles to the 4,400-acre fences sanctuary within the 44,000 acre Ruko Conservancy. The herd includes one make names Lbarnnoti and seven females: five adults named Nkarikoni, Nalangu, Awala, Asiwa and Nasieku; and two juveniles, Susan and Pasaka. Asiwa is isolated on a far part of the island. Today, fewer than 3,000 Rothschild's giraffes are left in Africa, with about 800 in Kenya. (Photo by Ami Vitale)