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Last week was my last weekend here in Kenya before I travel back to Mweka in Tanzania. As usual, my daughter had a list of places where I was supposed to take them. Among them was the Sheldrick orphanage where I took them a fortnight ago and they can’t stop demanding for more. But a curious one came from my son who I don’t know how he came to know about it. It is the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi. My family loves wildlife and I was surprised we have never thought of going there. The children sometimes know more than you do!
As we learnt at the Giraffe Centre, there are very many was to feed a giraffe and at the same time get a photo of a lifetime. On this list is the giraffe kiss where you give a giraffe a pellet using you lips! I tried it and it was really nice. You have to try it to understand what I mean. The keepers told us not to worry because they were all females! For the ladies,I am sure there are male giraffe as well!!! The giraffe saliva is sterile and there are no dangers of zoonosis.
Please visit the Giraffe centre and try this kiss of a lifetime as you support conservation of wildlife in Kenya. Bring your kids as well so that they can learn to love and care for wildlife at an early age. If we kissed them at an early age, we won’t be killing them for meat at the rate we doing today.
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6 Comments posted on "Ever kissed a Giraffe? I did it, believe it!!"
Filming Wild » Blog Archive » Prizes within reach on May 27th, 2008 at 3:43 am
[…] the way, you can see some great photos taken at the Giraffe Center on Iregi Mwenja’s Bushmeat East Africa blog, right here on Wildlife Direct. This is the kind of experience the Giraffe Center gives to thousands of kids (and adults) each […]
filmingwild on May 27th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Great photos, Mwenja! Your son and daughter are very cute too…it looks like your son is already a wildlife fan! We work with the Giraffe Center, who use our films as part of their conservation education program - in fact, with the help of Wildlife Direct members who have sponsored them, we are giving 150 DVDs of our films as prizes to kids who have participated in the Giraffe Center’s Environmental Awareness Competition. You can read an update about his in our latest post: Bye for now,
bushmeateastafrica on May 27th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Thanks Tanya. They love wildlife so much. Mwenja
sheryl, washington dc on May 27th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Oh, and I get grief from people because I kiss my canine companion! Here you are kissing a giraffe. That’s pretty cool, although I’m surprised that you’re allowed to feed them. Are you feeding them approved foods that are part of their diets? s.
bushmeateastafrica on May 27th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Hi Sheryl, They are fed of Giraffe pellets provided by the management. Mwenja
sheryl, washington dc on May 27th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Thanks, Mwenja. That’s good to know. s. Post a comment
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Iregi Mwenja is one of the 8 USFWS MENTOR Fellows from E. Africa studying a post-graduate course on Bushmeat in CAWM Mweka. He is a leading wildlife biologist with 8 years field experience in East Africa
