After animal rights campaign, giraffe Benito arrives at new Mexican home
LISSETTE ROMERO
Associated Press
Lissette Romero and Marissa Duhaney, Associated Press
Benito, the most famous giraffe in Mexico, finally arrived Tuesday morning at Africam Safari, a large conservation park in Central Mexico that will be his new home.
PUEBLA, Mexico — A 4-year-old giraffe named Benito arrived Tuesday at his new home in a large animal park in central Mexico. Now the hard part starts for the gangly post-adolescent: fitting in with the crowd of seven giraffes in his new neighborhood.
Workers prepare Benito the giraffe for transport at the city-run Central Park Zoo in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. After a campaign by environmentalists, Benito left Mexico's northern border and its extreme weather conditions Sunday night and headed for a conservation park in central Mexico, where the climate is more akin to his natural habitat and already a home to other giraffes. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
FILE - Benito the giraffe looks out from his enclosure at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 13, 2023. A campaign to save the 3-year-old male from extreme hot and cold temperatures and a small enclosure has paid off with officials from Chihuahua state promising in a Jan. 8, 2024 statement to move him to the more spacious Africam Safari park in the state of Puebla. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)
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Workers prepare Benito the giraffe for transport at the city-run Central Park Zoo in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. After a campaign by environmentalists, Benito left Mexico's northern border and its extreme weather conditions Sunday night and headed for a conservation park in central Mexico, where the climate is more akin to his natural habitat and already a home to other giraffes. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
FILE - Benito the giraffe looks out from his enclosure at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 13, 2023. A campaign to save the 3-year-old male from extreme hot and cold temperatures and a small enclosure has paid off with officials from Chihuahua state promising in a Jan. 8, 2024 statement to move him to the more spacious Africam Safari park in the state of Puebla. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)
