CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A giraffe named Benito started a 40-hour road trip Monday to leave behind the cold and loneliness of Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez to find warmth — and maybe a mate — in his new home 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) to the south.
With temperatures in Ciudad Juarez reaching as low as 39 degrees F (4 degrees C) Monday, Benito set off in a crate strapped to the back of a flat-bed truck.
Benito is being transported across Mexico to Africam Safari park in central Puebla state where the low temperatures are about 20 degrees F warmer than in Ciudad Juarez.
So he was donated to Ciudad Juarez.
At the Africam Safari park, the giraffes live in a much larger space that more closely resembles their natural habitat.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Ciudad Juarez, Puebla, Benito, Pacific, Sinaloa, El Paso , Texas, Zacatecas, Mexico City