Benito the giraffe arrived in Mexico’s arid northern border city of Ciudad Juarez just last month, and already the climate appears to be a problem.
Benito the giraffe looks out from his enclosure at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Activists are working to get Benito, a 3-year-old male giraffe who arrived in May, removed from the small enclosure in the Mexican border city. Activists say it is cruel to keep the giraffe in the small fenced enclosure, by himself alone, with only about a half-acre to wander and few trees to nibble, in a climate he’s not used to.
There is also a small shed for winter, but activists say it is cruel for the city-run Central Park to keep the giraffe in a small fenced enclosure, by himself alone, with only about a half-acre to wander and few trees to nibble, in a climate he’s not used to. “We can offer him a brand new heated barn, so in the winter he doesn’t stand in the snow and freeze,” ranch operator Matt Lieberman wrote in response to The Associated Press. “We have an on staff vet that cares for our animals and we have 24 hour staff for him.”
Officials at the park reject the criticism, though they acknowledge they can’t provide more trees. They say are working to improve Benito’s compound, saying his presence has been important in boosting the park’s popularity among visitors, largely children. Monthly visits rose from about 140,000 before Benito arrived to 200,000.“He could be fine here,” Reyes said, “but it would also be good if they could take him to a place where they belong, with a herd.
“The conditions, attention and care in the habitat of the park’s new resident are optimal for his stay,” the park wrote in a social media message. The first prize — about $500 — went to a little girl who proposed the name “Benito.” One critic, Alfredo Casas, commented on Facebook, “They would have done better spending that money on better shade for the giraffe.”
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