"Tall Blondes"

 World Giraffe Day was celebrated on June 21^st with copious attention paid to these unique and beautiful animals throughout Africa, and beyond.  

 Fans should consider reading Zarafa, a book about a giraffe that was sent from Africa to France's King Charles X as a gift, in 1827 – the inspiration for the English name for "giraffe." It also inspired the name of one of Great Plains' most popular safari camps in Botswana, Zarafa. A more whimsical tome to delve in to is Tall Blondes by Lynn Sherr.

The species now numbers around 80,000 and giraffes are rapidly becoming rare, though they are found across safari Africa. A delicately painted beauty and calming gentleness of trust and mutual respect exudes from the giraffe. It is why we spend time with them and why organizations are currently making extraordinary efforts to rescue and relocate them.

What has most impressed Derek Joubert (co-owner of Great Plains Conservation) during the process of their recent giraffe relocation operation is the way the animals step gingerly, but with trust, into the containers." is almost as if they are working with us to help us save them."

If you would like to join the effort to save giraffes, please contact the Great Plains Foundation.

"All one must do is look into their eyes to fall in love."