Benito the giraffe before his transfer from Ciudad Juarez Central Park to African Safari Zoo in Puebla State, central Mexico, on Jan. 21, 2024. Christian Torres / Anadolu via Getty Images
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A giraffe named Benito has left the arid city of Ciudad Juárez in northern Mexico on a 1,200-mile journey to a more temperate climate. The move follows an effort by activists from the collective “Let’s Save Benito,” who were concerned for the giraffe’s welfare, reported BBC News.
Since May, four-year-old Benito had been living alone in unsuitable conditions at Parque Central zoo, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, Reuters and The Guardian reported. In the wild,…
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