Tag: Giraffe

Illegal Cross Border Bushmeat Trade

  If you consume meat-based foods in the local hotels within Garissa and the region along the Kenya-Somalia border, there is a high chance you might have unintentionally eaten bushmeat. Particularly giraffes that for unknown reasons have been the target for the bushmeat trade. This illegal enterprise is purported to be very lucrative for instance,…
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30/06/2020 0

Human-giraffe Conflict In Garissa

Underlying issues In Garissa County, the communities occupying areas along the river Tana have transformed from nomadic pastoralists to farmers.  The farm owners use water from the river for irrigation. Emergence of farms along the river has led to the blocking of giraffe water points hence giraffes have to force their way to the river…
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24/04/2020 0

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Garissa Giraffe Center,
former Kenya Wildlife Service Antipoaching camp,
Lamu road
P.O. Box 1773-70100,
Garissa Kenya

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