{"id":92564,"date":"2024-01-23T04:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T04:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/lonely-giraffe-benito-embarks-on-40-hour-road-trip-in-search-of-warmer-weather-and-love-offbeat-news\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T04:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T04:40:17","slug":"lonely-giraffe-benito-embarks-on-40-hour-road-trip-in-search-of-warmer-weather-and-love-offbeat-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/lonely-giraffe-benito-embarks-on-40-hour-road-trip-in-search-of-warmer-weather-and-love-offbeat-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonely giraffe Benito embarks on 40-hour road trip in search of warmer weather… and love | Offbeat News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A lonely giraffe has begun a 40-hour road trip to a new home – in search of warmer weather and maybe a mate. <\/p>\n

Jealousy had forced Benito to leave a zoo in the Mexican<\/strong> state of Sinaloa last year, and he was relocated to a park near the US border with temperatures as low as 9C (48F).<\/p>\n

Campaigners have been calling for the four-year-old to move to sunnier climes – and now, a specially designed container will transport him to a safari park about 90 miles (145km) away.<\/p>\n

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Benito is travelling in a crate that has been strapped to the back of a truck – and while he is 16m (52ft) high, the roof can be lowered to pass under bridges.<\/p>\n

His head sticks through the top of the box, but tarp is being used to insulate him from the cold, wind and rain.<\/p>\n

Well-wishers shouted “we love you Benito” as he began his journey.<\/p>\n

One local resident in Ciudad Juarez, where the giraffe had stayed until recently, said: “We’re a little said that he’s leaving, but it also gives us great pleasure\u2026 the weather conditions are not suitable for him.”<\/p>\n

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In the summer, Benito had little shade in his half-acre enclosure – with photos showing him crouching to fit underneath a small canopy.<\/p>\n

Ice would sometimes form on the enclosure’s pond in the winter, and there were few trees to munch on.<\/p>\n

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He was born at a zoo that was home to two other giraffes who were a couple – but couldn’t stay there because zookeepers feared the male would become territorial and attack young Benito.<\/p>\n

There are three female giraffes at his new home, and Benito will be living in a much larger space that more closely resembles his natural habitat.<\/p>\n

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Frank Carlos Camacho, who is accompanying the giraffe on his long journey, said that “Benito is doing very, very well” – and has been given plenty of treats as a reward.<\/p>\n

Straw, alfalfa, water and vegetables are inside his container – as well as equipment so technicians can talk to Benito en route.<\/p>\n

A convoy of police, environmental officials and the National Guard are escorting him.<\/p>\n

“He is ready to be a giraffe,” Mr Camacho said. “He will reproduce soon, and contribute to the conservation of this wonderful species.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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