Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 30 minutes ago
In mid-September, HALI team members Goodluck Paul, Erasto Katowo and Annette Roug assisted Ruaha National Park with giraffe captures for a research project on giraffe skin disease. To safely collect samples and administer antibiotics to a giraffe, you have to dart the animal with a safe immobilization drug and then rope the animal and lower it to the ground. This video shows the roping team, led by Tanzania National Parks Ally Kikula (green hat, gray shirt) in action. The giraffe is showing a short stepping gait and “stargazing” which are signs that the immobilization drugs are taking effect. The rope is placed around the giraffes leg several times and then pulled tight until the animal falls. The head and neck of the giraffe is then quickly and safely restrained. In this video, the rope got loose after the first attempt to rope the giraffe, but the team then safely captured the animal for sampling, treatment with antibiotics, and ear tagging. You can learn more about the event on the HALI project blog (haliproject.org/blog/)
In mid-September, HALI team members Goodluck Paul, Erasto Katowo and Annette Roug assisted Ruaha National Park with giraffe captures for a research project on giraffe skin disease. To safely collect samples and administer antibiotics to a giraffe, you have to dart the animal with a safe immobilization drug and then rope the animal and lower it to the ground. This video shows the roping team, led by Tanzania National Parks Ally Kikula (green hat, gray shirt) in action. The giraffe is showing a short stepping gait and “stargazing” which are signs that the immobilization drugs are taking effect. The rope is placed around the giraffes leg several times and then pulled tight until the animal falls. The head and neck of the giraffe is then quickly and safely restrained. In this video, the rope got loose after the first attempt to rope the giraffe, but the team then safely captured the animal for sampling, treatment with antibiotics, and ear tagging. You can learn more about the event on the HALI project blog (haliproject.org/blog/)
