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Endangered giraffes killed by low hanging power lines in Kenya
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23/02/2021 - 11:26 Animal campaigners in Kenya say power lines in Soysambu Conservancy have become a “death trap” for giraffes. CC0/Pixabay 2 min Kenya’s main power company has promised to raise the height of its power lines in the Soysambu Conservancy after three rare Rothschild giraffes were electrocuted. Advertising Read more
News of the deaths emerged when environmentalists posted pictures of the felled animals on Twitter. It’s understood one giraffe was killed on Friday, and the other two a day later.
Under the hashtag #Soysambugiraffes, critics warned low hanging power lines in Soysambu Conservancy in Nakuru County, had become a “death trap” for giraffes.