The Rothschild Giraffe in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda lives directly above a new oil drilling site. Dr. Julian Fennessy has a daring plan to save these giraffes for generations. Will they be able to start a new giraffe population away from the oil drilling?
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Natural World: Africa's Gentle Giants
Everyone loves giraffes, but what do we really know about them? Dr Julian Fennessy starts to reveal their secrets - the most important being that they are disappearing. In an urgent and daring mission, with a determined Ugandan team, he plans to round up 20 of the world's rarest giraffe to take across and beyond the mighty Nile River. The stakes are high, but if they succeed the reward will be a brighter future for an animal we have somehow overlooked.
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