{"id":15954,"date":"2023-01-16T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15954"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:35:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:35:32","slug":"the-thunder-of-hooves-in-pian-upe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/the-thunder-of-hooves-in-pian-upe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thunder of Hooves in Pian Upe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hubble-live-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/eae\/image_asset\/file\/175\/content_Giraffe_Translocation_Uganda_Pian_Upe_2_with_GCF_in_2019.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pian Upe was once home to Uganda\u2019s largest population of giraffe, but sadly by the mid 1990s giraffe were locally extinct there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with the Uganda Wildlife Authority and other partners, GCF led two ambitious conservation translocations to return Nubian giraffe to their historical stronghold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The giraffe settled in well and&nbsp;we have been keeping up to date with their progress. 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