curious rothschild giraffe, giraffes of uganda

The Rothschild Giraffe, named after Tring Zoological Museum's founder, Lord Walter Rothschild, also known as the Baringo Giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya, or as the Ugandan Giraffe, is the most endangered of giraffe subspecies, with around forty believed to exist in the wild. While giraffes in general are classified as Lower Risk: Conservation Dependent, the Rothschild Giraffe is at particular risk of hybridisation, as the population is so limited in numbers. There are very few locations where the Rothschild Giraffe can be seen in the wild, with notable spots being Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya and Murchison Falls National Park in Northern Uganda. There are various captive breeding programmes in place - most notably at The Giraffe Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, and at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire, England - which aim to expand the genetic gene-pool in the wild population of the Rothschild Giraffe.

Direction Walk 0.65 km or 10 mins south east from last photo
Location Murchison Falls, East Africa, Uganda, Africa
Info F 7.1 1/640 ISO 200 with Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Country Uganda State East Africa
City Murchison Falls Weather Cloudy, Rain
Continent Africa Day Murchison Falls
Activity Game drive Tour GAP (Great Adventure People)
Date 2007:09:25 15:39:23 Make Canon
Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi Width 2592
Height 3888 Flash Off, Did not fire
Focal 190.0 mm Exposure 1/640
F Number 7.1 ISO 200
White Bal. Auto Program Aperture-priority AE
Compensation 0 Hyperfocal 273.87 m
Latitude 2.27906944444444 Longitude 31.5703444444444
Altitude 72.19767763 m File Size 7.0 MB
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