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Rare White Giraffes Cause a Stir in Kenya

Rare White Giraffes Cause a Stir in Kenya

By YONETTE JOSEPH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

 

 A villager in Kenya was herding animals one day recently when he came upon a head-turning sight. A ghostly creature with a mighty long neck was grazing off in the distance.

Upon closer inspection, the vision was revealed to be a female reticulated giraffe — tall, majestic and preternaturally white — and she was accompanied by a smaller apparition: a pale baby giraffe. Read more.