[SIZE=6]Rare white giraffes sighted in Kenya conservation area
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A pair of rare white giraffes have been spotted in Kenya, to the delight of local residents and conservationists.
The reticulated giraffes, a mother and child, suffer from a genetic condition called leucism, which inhibits pigmentation in skin cells. Unlike albinism, animals with leucism continue to produce dark pigment in their soft tissue, which explains the white giraffes’ dark eyes and other colouring…
Today the world press was awash with stories of white giraffes recently spotted in Kenya.
The Sun of UK claims , it is the first time a white giraffe has been captured on film, while the respected Reuters and the Daily Nation of Kenya claim , the first case of an albino giraffe was recorded in Tanzania in 2016.
What they don’t know is that the first recorded case of a white giraffe by a human being was in the Maasai Mara Kenya on 13th June 1938 .
The animal was recorded using a 16mm colour film by Colonel Macnab Snyder during his African expedition.
Macnab then travelled to Nairobi to inform the Kenya Game Department about the rare sighting.The commissioner promptly issued a decree placing the giraffe under government protection .
The creature became an official ward of the British Crown protected by a ring of Game Wardens at all times.
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