Photo by @amivitale. Last chance to make a donation to help giraffes thrive for the 2020 tax year. Click on the link in my profile to support @savegiraffesnow now! Here, a Rothschild's (Nubian) giraffe browses on Longicharo Island, a rocky lava pinnacle, inside western Kenya's Lake Baringo. They have become stranded there because of flooding. The giraffes were originally reintroduced to a remote peninsula along Lake Baringo in 2012, in hopes that the isolated location would provide shelter from poaching and increase their population in their native Western Kenyan range. However, the rising lake levels cut the peninsula into an island and trapped them. It is now a race against time as the local community, partnering with @savegiraffesnow @nrt_kenya and @kenyawildlifeservice, work to rescue them. @thephotosociety @photography.for.good #RukoGiraffe #protectgiraffes #DontLetThemDisappear #giraffe #giraffes #SaveGiraffesNow #SaveGiraffe #stoppoaching #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #photojournalism #nikon #nikonlove #nikonambassador #nikonnofilter #natureisspeaking #conservation #amivitale (at Lake Baringo Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeHZlgBK80/?igshid=1b02sixyrzjjn

Photo by @amivitale. Rothschild's (Nubian) giraffe have become stranded on Longicharo Island, a rocky lava pinnacle, inside western Kenya's Lake Baringo because of flooding. The giraffes were originally reintroduced to a remote peninsula along Lake Baringo in 2012, in hopes that the isolated location would provide shelter from poaching and increase their population in their native Western Kenyan range. However, the rising lake levels cut the peninsula into an island and trapped them. It is now a race against time as the local community, partnering with @savegiraffesnow @nrt_kenya and @kenyawildlifeservice, work to rescue them. If you love giraffes as much as I do and want to help see giraffes continue to thrive in the wild, please consider supporting @savegiraffesnow. (Link in bio) @nrt_kenya @kenyawildlifeservice @thephotosociety @photography.for.good #RukoGiraffe #protectgiraffes #DontLetThemDisappear #giraffe #giraffes #SaveGiraffesNow #SaveGiraffe #stoppoaching #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #photojournalism #nikon #nikonlove #nikonambassador #nikonnofilter #natureisspeaking #conservation #amivitale (at Lake Baringo Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZj5x_BhrP/?igshid=1lhk0gjeb4nvj

Photo by @amivitale. The skies open and rain turns once fertile grazing lands into open water along Lake Baringo in Kenya. The heavy rains are causing lake levels to rise up to 6 inches per day and have displaced thousands of people and submerged hotels, houses and farms. The flooding is also causing a serious impact on wildlife and marooned a group of Rothschild’s (Nubian) giraffes on Longicharo Island, a rocky lava pinnacle studded with acacia trees. The giraffes were originally reintroduced to a remote peninsula along Lake Baringo in 2012, in hopes that the isolated location would provide shelter from poaching and increase their population in their native Western Kenyan range. However, the rising lake levels cut the peninsula into an island and trappedhem. It is now a race against time as the local community, partnering with @savegiraffesnow @nrt_kenya and @kenyawildlifeservice, work to rescue them. If you love giraffes as much as I do and want to help see giraffes continue to thrive in the wild, please consider supporting @savegiraffesnow. (Link in bio) @nrt_kenya @kenyawildlifeservice @thephotosociety @photography.for.good #RukoGiraffe #protectgiraffes #DontLetThemDisappear #giraffe #giraffes #SaveGiraffesNow #SaveGiraffe #stoppoaching #kenya #northernkenya #africa #everydayafrica #photojournalism #nikon #nikonlove #nikonambassador #nikonnofilter #natureisspeaking #conservation #amivitale (at Lake Baringo Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJWc49iBTrt/?igshid=tocn4470lwth