# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ-BNlojGtY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11683998-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/cff8861649.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-07-06T02:31:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photo by amivitale / Asiwa, a Rothschild’s (Nubian) giraffe, is rescued from Longicharo Island in the middle of western Kenya's Lake Baringo. Longicharo had once been a peninsula, but rising flood waters turned it into an island, trapping a group of giraffes. In a dramatic rescue orchestrated by the local community and conservationists from savegiraffesnow, nrt_kenya, and kenyawildlifeservice, two were transported on a makeshift raft to the Ruko Community Conservancy. The conservancy was founded in 2006 by two communities who had previously been warring. The plan was to make the giraffe a symbol of unity and peace to end their long-standing conflict.

Learn more, including how to get involved, by following amivitale and savegiraffesnow. #giraffes #stoppoaching #kenya #africa #everydayafrica

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## Tags

stoppoaching, giraffes, africa, everydayafrica, kenya

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