Asiwa the giraffe is ferried off a flooded island in Kenya. She was blindfolded to keep her calm during the trip. Giraffes are stuck on a flooding island. But the rescues have begun
Photographs by Ami Vitale Story by Kyle Almond, CNN
Asiwa the giraffe is ferried off a flooded island in Kenya. She was blindfolded to keep her calm during the trip.
Time was running out for Asiwa, a Rothschild’s giraffe in western Kenya.
For years, she and seven other giraffes had been living on a peninsula that reached out into Lake Baringo. But rising lake levels, caused by relentless rain, had gradually turned the peninsula into an island, leaving the animals stranded.