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Stick Your Neck Out for Giraffe

World Giraffe Day | 21 June 2025 This World Giraffe Day, we’re celebrating one of the world’s most iconic yet overlooked species, and the dedicated conservation efforts giving giraffe populations…

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London On the Edge Event in Aid of Frontline Conservation

An Evening with Dr. Julian Fennessy – Giraffe conservation with a dash of wit and wisdom! On 14 November, join us at the Royal Geographical Society in London for On the Edge, where Dr.…

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Giraffe Conservation: Tall Stories

We are delighted to announce the first of several project partnerships for 2024: Kordofan Conservation in Chad Giraffe Conservation Foundation supports giraffe conservation initiatives in 20 African countries and is the only…

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Etosha Heights Conservation Centre

A new name – Etosha Heights Conservation Centre – marked the new year for GCF’s centre in Namibia. Funds raised by Sketch for Survival 2023 are supporting the centre and we were delighted…

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Wildlife

Meet Maggie

The vast savannahs and striking mountainous terrain of Kidepo Valley National Park (NP) in north-eastern Uganda provide a stunning backdrop for an historically significant population of Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis). Nubian giraffe are…

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The Thunder of Hooves in Pian Upe

Back in 2019 we partnered with Giraffe Conservation Foundation to support the translocation of Critically Endangered Nubian Giraffe from Murchison Falls in Uganda to Pian Upe. Pian Upe was once…

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Stand Tall for Giraffe this Summer Solstice

21 June is World Giraffe Day The longest day (or night) for the tallest animal. World Giraffe Day (WGD) is an exciting annual event initiated by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation…

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