Coverage dated January 21, 2024

Benito the giraffe leaves extreme weather at Mexico's border and heads to a more congenial home

Headline from NBC4 Washington

The transfer could not have come at a better time, just when a new cold front was about to hit the area.

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Reports & sources

28 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC4 Washington

    Benito the giraffe leaves extreme weather at Mexico's border and heads to a more congenial home (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The transfer could not have come at a better time, just when a new cold front was about to hit the area.

  2. WTNH New Haven

    Benito the giraffe moving to Mexico after environmentalists’ complaints (opens WTNH New Haven)

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    WTNH New Haven's feed description

    After a campaign by environmentalists, Benito the giraffe left Mexico’s northern border and its extreme weather conditions Sunday night and headed for a conservation park in central Mexico, w…

  3. La Crosse Tribune

    Benito the giraffe is on a 50-hour trip to central Mexico, where the weather feels more like home (opens La Crosse Tribune)

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    La Crosse Tribune's feed description

    The move came after environmental groups waged a campaign complaining about conditions faced by Benito at the city-run Central Park zoo in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.

  4. The Guardian

    Benito the giraffe begins long journey for better weather in central Mexico (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Conditions at Ciudad Juárez zoo on US-Mexico border not suitable so container takes Benito to conservation park 1,000 miles away

  5. NBC News

    Benito the giraffe makes a long journey to better climate in central Mexico (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Environmental activists shouted, "We love you, Benito" after a successful campaign to move him from Mexico's northern border, with its brutally hot summers and cold winters.

  6. CBS News

    Adored Benito the giraffe moved in Mexico to a climate much better-suited for him (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    A campaign by environmentalists led to his move from a zoon at Mexico's northern border and its extreme weather conditions to a conservation park in central Mexico.

  7. Fortune

    Extreme weather claims another victim as Benito the giraffe leaves Mexico’s border to head south (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The transfer could not have come at a better time, just when a new cold front was about to hit the area.

  8. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    On his 50-hour journey to central Mexico, Benito the giraffe is boxed up with his head sticking out (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    A giraffe named Benito started a 50-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 1,200 miles to the south.

  9. Fox News

    Benito the giraffe embarks on thousand-mile journey to new home in central Mexico (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Benito the giraffe is being moved from Mexico's northern border to a conservation park in central Mexico in response to complaints about extreme weather conditions.

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