The Great Giraffe Rescue

Saving the Nubian Giraffes

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Pub Date Apr 04 2023 | Archive Date May 31 2023
Lerner Publishing Group | Millbrook Press ™

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Description

Giraffes are some of the most fascinating animals on the African savanna. Yet they're facing threats from climate change and competition from humans for natural resources.

Long ago, Nubian giraffes roamed wild across Uganda. Over time, as people constructed roads and towns, giraffe habitat and populations shrank. By 2016, nearly all of the country’s two hundred and fifty giraffes were grouped in one area within Murchison Falls National Park. Then a rich oil deposit was discovered there and companies made plans to start drilling, which would make the area unlivable for these critically endangered animals.

To preserve their dwindling population, the Ugandan government enlisted the help of a giraffe conservation organization to move a group of giraffes across a river to safer territory. Follow their incredible journey to their new home!

Giraffes are some of the most fascinating animals on the African savanna. Yet they're facing threats from climate change and competition from humans for natural resources.

Long ago, Nubian giraffes...


Advance Praise

"A welcome example of human efforts to salvage what's left of the natural world."—Kirkus Reviews

"A welcome example of human efforts to salvage what's left of the natural world."—Kirkus Reviews


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ISBN 9781728443218
PRICE $33.32 (USD)
PAGES 40

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Short chapters with catchy titles, an attractive and colorful format, large photos, and well-written text combine to make The Great Giraffe Rescue: Saving the Nubian Giraffes an engrossing read. Readers learn how these giraffes were declining in numbers and were further threatened by. companies drilling for oil in their surroundings. To turn this around, conservation efforts began to transport them to more supportive environments and to create multiple groups of giraffes in several settings. An uplifting, well-told, and informative true story by author Sandra Markle.

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