A 3-year-old giraffe named Gracie was found via helicopter on Friday after two weeks on the run from her home at a private ranch in Texas. The 1,200-pound giraffe wandered away from her unfenced habitat at Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, on June 12.
The 10-foot-tall animal was located by helicopter on Friday morning about four miles south of the ranch in a remote, heavily-wooded area. Vick Jones, who manages the ranch, told FOX 7 that Gracie moved there in May and still wasn’t used to her surroundings when she wandered away.
Gracie is one of two giraffes who live on the property. Jones decided to post a missing alert for Gracie on a local lost and found app. The post quickly went viral, with people making AI photos of Gracie everywhere.
Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson said Jones called a veterinarian after Gracie was found Friday, and they are getting ready to send a team to get her back to the ranch. Gracie will need to be sedated, have a hood put over her eyes, and then she’ll be transported in an open-air trailer, then an enclosed trailer made for giraffes.
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