The Giraffe Centre was established by The Africa Fund for Endangered Wildlife after discovering the plight of the Rothschild Giraffe, a subspecies of giraffe found only in the grasslands of East Africa. At the time, the animals had lost their habitat in Western Kenya, with only 130 of them left on an 18,000-acre ranch that was being sub-divided to resettle squatters. By carefully controlled captive breeding programs, there are now over 300 Rothschild Giraffes safe and breeding well in various Kenyan national parks, and The Giraffe Centre has become world-famous as a Nature Education Centre,