A young reticulated giraffe named Gracie has been found after being missing for about two weeks from the Cedar Hollow Ranch in Real County, Texas.

一隻名叫 Gracie 的幼年網格長頸鹿，在德州 Real County 的 Cedar Hollow Ranch 失蹤約兩週後已被尋獲。

The incident began when the giraffe, which is between three and four years old, got past the fences of the private ranch. According to the ranch manager, Vic Jones, the animal escaped after it went to a rocky hillside to find food and accidentally walked out through a gate. Because the Texas Hill Country has very rough and remote terrain, the search team had to use helicopters and drones to find her from the air.

事件始於這隻三到四歲的長頸鹿穿過了私人牧場的圍欄。根據牧場經理 Vic Jones 的說法，這隻動物在前往岩石山坡尋找食物時，不小心從一扇門口走出去而脫逃。由於德州 Hill Country 的地形非常崎嶇且偏遠，搜救團隊必須利用直升機和無人機從空中進行搜尋。

To help with the search, the ranch offered a $5,000 reward, and Sheriff Nathan Johnson asked the public to keep a lookout. The Sheriff provided specific details about the giraffe's appearance, such as the shape of its ears, to make sure people identified the correct animal. Furthermore, Sheriff Johnson explained that while the local climate often helps exotic animals survive, there were still dangers from local predators like mountain lions and coyotes. Despite these risks and the difficulty of the terrain, the giraffe was eventually found further away than the searchers first expected.

為了協助搜尋，牧場提供了 5,000 美元的獎金，雪 believes 警長 Nathan Johnson 也要求大眾協助留意。警長提供了關於長頸鹿外貌的詳細資訊，例如耳朵的形狀，以確保民眾能識別正確的動物。此外，Johnson 警長解釋，雖然當地氣候通常有助於異國動物生存，但仍面臨山獅和郊狼等當地掠食者的威脅。儘管存在這些風險且地形困難，這隻長頸鹿最終在比搜救人員最初預期更遠的地方被發現。

The giraffe has been reported as safe and alive, bringing the search operation to a successful end.

據報導，長頸鹿目前平安且生存，搜救行動圓滿結束。