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The Great Giraffe Rescue: Saving the Nubian Giraffes

by Sandra Markle

A conservation effort for Uganda’s Nubian giraffes

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A conservation effort for Uganda’s Nubian giraffes

Sandra Markle’s nonfiction account focuses on a wildlife rescue shaped by the pressures of habitat loss and proposed oil drilling. Once widespread in Uganda, Nubian giraffes had become concentrated in Murchison Falls National Park, where a discovery of oil threatened the area they depended on. The book centers on a relocation effort organized by the Ugandan government and a giraffe conservation organization: moving a group across a river to safer territory. This brings together animal conservation, changing land use, and the practical challenge of protecting a dwindling population.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Suitable for children ages 9–12 interested in giraffes and wildlife.
  • A fit for young readers curious about conservation and habitat loss.
  • Useful for readers interested in how human activity affects animal populations.

Themes

Wildlife conservationHabitat lossHuman impact on natural resourcesNubian giraffes

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Book overview

Giraffes are some of the most fascinating animals on the African savanna. Yet they're facing threats from climate change and competition from humans for natural resources.

Long ago, Nubian giraffes roamed wild across Uganda. Over time, as people constructed roads and towns, giraffe habitat and populations shrank. By 2016, nearly all of the country's two hundred and fifty giraffes were grouped in one area within Murchison Falls National Park. Then a rich oil deposit was discovered there and companies made plans to start drilling, which would make the area unlivable for these critically endangered animals.

To preserve their dwindling population, the Ugandan government enlisted the help of a giraffe conservation organization to move a group of giraffes across a river to safer territory. Follow their incredible journey to their new home!

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