'A Silent Extinction': Finding Peace And Saving Giraffes On A Lake In Kenya
Nearly 40 percent of giraffes were wiped out in one generation. Now, Kenyan conservation efforts are helping to bring them back.
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From the boat, Rebecca Kochulem points at the hills surrounding Lake Baringo. It is a spectacular specimen of natural beauty: red cliffs plunging into water, steam rising from gurgling hot springs and the hills, lush and green with acacia trees.
Kochulem, a zoologist, sees this as a perfect habitat for giraffes.
"The only problem is that most of the species were wiped out from this area because of poaching," she says.
Many decades ago, this
