Harare — Iona National Park in Angola has received 14 giraffes that were relocated from a private wildlife reserve in Namibia, National Public Radio reports.
The translocation in question is not the first of its sort. In an effort to increase the tiny current giraffe populations, the Giraffe Conservation Foundation has been transporting giraffes for a while. However, this is the first of several giraffe translocations to make sure the animals return to their original habitat, according to The African Parks statement.
Reintroducing giraffes to their original range, according to Stephanie Fennessy, executive director and co-founder of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, will prolong their lives and restore the region’s ecological equilibrium. Because they depend on one another for survival in the wild, organisms might suffer when one is missing.
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