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How former foes worked together to help save these rare giraffes
To move giraffes in Kenya from a flooding island to a safe new home, onetime enemies cooperated—and built a modern-day ark.
A team of rescuers made up of people from the Ruko Conservancy, the Kenya Wildlife Service, Save Giraffes Now, and the Northern Rangelands Trust ferry Asiwa to a newly built sanctuary on the mainland, using a homemade barge constructed from metal drums, steel beams, and tarps.
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