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Caring for wild animals more than a job

Caring for wild animals more than a job [Courtesy, files Standard]

A PowerPoint presentation. The audience is, in equal parts, captivated, shocked and saddened. On the screen is a picture of a giraffe whose neck has been nearly severed.

One ranger clutches the limp neck, while two others stand by, their expressions a mosaic of pity and horror. The giraffe, a gentle giant of the African Savannah, had been hunted for its flesh by poachers looking for bush meat.

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