Last White Giraffe
The world’s only known white giraffe is now sporting a GPS tracking device so Kenyan park rangers can receive hourly updates of its location to protect it from poachers. The juvenile has a rare genetic condition called leucism, which causes it to lose skin pigmentation.
Since it is believed to be the last of its kind, wildlife officials fear it could be poached like its relatives, a female and her 7-month-old calf with a similar condition.
They were found dead in the same region of eastern Kenya where the white calf currently lives alone. Giraffes are the world’s tallest mammals and are designated a vulnerable species, with an estimated global population of 68,293.
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