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A report published by researchers from the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) revealed that the dwarf giraffe was discovered on a private farm near Okahandja last July, this makes it a one of only two discovered in Africa. The first such animal was spotted in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park in May 2017.
According to a statement from the foundation, the animals were documented during photographic surveys routinely conducted by GCF to determine numbers, population dynamics, and distribution of giraffes throughout Africa.
Using digital photo-measuring techniques, the researchers measured the limb dimensions of the two dwarf giraffes and compared them to other giraffes in the populations. These dwarf giraffes have shorter legs than others of similar age.
“It looks like a one-year-old and we were very surprised when we first saw it and wanted to know what was going on. There is still much to research but what we can say is that it is a dwarf giraffe,” Julian Fennessy, director and co-founder of GCF, told the media.
