Story navigation Start Story start 1 update
Resolved1 update Updated May 4

Were the Soysambu Conservancy Giraffes led to their deaths or accidentally electrocuted?

Thre Rothschild giraffe (they term them rare) lie dead under the electric poles at the Soysambu Conservancy in Nakuru On the 21st of February, Kenyans woke to sad news from Soysambu Ranch and Conservancy based in Nakuru County Two rare giraffes had succumbed to electrocution. The 'low hanging' electricity wires were

Sign in to follow Follow this story to get bell alerts when new updates publish.
Share
Latest updates
Alerts and app Choose how this story reaches you.

Follow this story

Sign in once to follow Were the Soysambu Conservancy Giraffes led to their deaths or accidentally electrocuted?, pin Nyakundi, and come back to the same story as it develops.

Sign in
  1. 1

    Follow thread

    Create or open your account, then follow this thread from the story header.

  2. 2

    Pick alerts

    Choose every update, major updates, daily recap, documents only, or no notifications.

  3. 3

    Pin app

    Install Nyakundi so push alerts reopen this exact story.

  4. 4

    Share link

    Use the parent story link when you want the whole evolution to travel together.

Pin Nyakundi

Install the site as an app so followed-story alerts open straight back into the file.

Where we are so far

If you are joining us

Key points

Live updates

Latest developments

Newest first. Times are shown on every update; older context continues below.

1 update in this file Story overview
Photo
Update link
Nyakundi Report

Were the Soysambu Conservancy Giraffes led to their deaths or accidentally electrocuted?

Soysambu Giraffe 1
Soysambu Giraffe 1

Media in this update

1 item
Soysambu Giraffe 1

Soysambu Giraffe 1

Photo

X postEmbedded X post

Third-party content is kept off until you load it.

View on X
View on X

Thre Rothschild giraffe (they term them rare) lie dead under the electric poles at the Soysambu Conservancy in Nakuru On the 21st of February, Kenyans woke to sad news from Soysambu Ranch and Conservancy based in Nakuru County Two rare giraffes had succumbed to electrocution. The 'low hanging' electricity wires were put up by Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco). Tributes poured in from every part of the world, especially western countries, for the two Rothschild giraffes. Many Kenyans joined the bandwagon to condemn KPLC, many don't have an idea that there's another govt agency that deals with such electricity transmission, over long distances, other than Kenya Power. Of course, Kenya power is still responsible for the power in...

Source: nyakundireportblog Linked source

Visual file

Latest media in this story

Photos and videos from the update stream, linked back to the exact moment they entered the file.