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Rare white giraffes — a mother and her calf — killed by poachers at Kenyan wildlife sanctuary
ktla ^
| 03/10/2020
Posted on 03/10/2020 1:41:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Kenya Wildlife Service was called to the reserve after it was reported the giraffes hadn’t been seen in quite a while.
Upon finding the bones, wildlife officials estimated they had been there for at least four months.
“This is a very sad day for the community of Ijara and Kenya as a whole. We are the only community in the world who are custodians of the white giraffes,” said Mohammed Ahmednoor, manager of the reserve in Garissa County, Kenya, in a news release.
The animals got their unique coloring from a condition known as leucism, which is a genetic condition that causes the giraffes’ skin cells to fail to produce pigmentation. That results in white, pale or patchy coloration of their hide.
Unlike albinism, animals with leucism continue to produce a dark pigment in their soft tissue, meaning the giraffes’ eyes were dark.
The world’s tallest land animal has lost 40% of its population in just 30 years from poaching and wildlife trafficking, the African Wildlife Foundation estimates.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: girafffes; kenya; poacher; poachers; poaching; poacjers; whitegiraffe
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:41:44 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: snarkytart
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:41:57 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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03/10/2020 1:42:26 PM PDT
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PGR88
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:43:25 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:43:43 PM PDT
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laweeks
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:45:57 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Me and my homies woulda been stackin' bodies by now- G. Washington.)
To: BenLurkin
Homo Africans. Lowering property values for two million years.
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:46:58 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
WTF are they poaching giraffes??!!!!
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:47:34 PM PDT
by
KavMan
To: KavMan
White giraffe? Thought you were talking’ bout Brandon Belt.
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:50:33 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: SpaceBar
What kind of homo are you?
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:50:46 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Quite the “sanctuary” there, Kenya.
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:52:45 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
To: BenLurkin
They look like creatures from “Ancient Aliens”... but majestic and beautiful.
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03/10/2020 1:53:52 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: BenLurkin
BASSTURDS!...............................
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posted on
03/10/2020 1:54:05 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
To: chris37
VERY VERY SAD!! Some damn people don’t give a shit about anything, con you imagine coming across these two animals I would be in such AWE how could anyone pull a trigger???
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/10/2020 2:00:20 PM PDT
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FES0844
To: chris37
They look ‘other-worldly’
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posted on
03/10/2020 2:05:09 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
I guarantee you it was done to ship to the wonderful Chinese for some bullshit “medicinal” purpose at a high price on the black market. Disgusting. The trade of rare and endangered species into that country so they can eat it for some pagan type medical or health reason is astounding.
To: laweeks
>> Amish?
The mumbo-jumbo beat of the Congo.
Boomlay boomlay boomlay boom.
Bang!
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posted on
03/10/2020 2:07:34 PM PDT
by
QBFimi
(It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
To: Jamestown1630
Yeah, they do. They look magical to me. Something far greater than me made them.
I think a lot of people don’t understand that animals have unique and individual spirits.
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03/10/2020 2:12:07 PM PDT
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chris37
(Impeach Chief Obama Injustice Roberts, a fraud, a clown and a tyrant!)
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