Gracie the giraffe has been found more than two weeks after she escaped from the Texas ranch where she lives.
The precocious young animal who authorities said defied the norms of her fellow giraffes by scaling a rocky slab to escape the Cedar Hollow Ranch in Real County, Texas, was spotted the morning of June 26 about 4 miles south of the ranch, according to the Real County Sheriff's Office.
Vick Jones, manager of Cedar Hollow Ranch, and Jeff Hill of Concho Aviation were searching for by air Gracie when they saw her at about 7:30 a.m. local time, the sheriff's office said.
"Mr. Jones has contacted his Veterinarian and is putting a team together to safely capture Gracie and bring her home," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Gracie, with her signature rounded ears, left the ranch on June 11, Jones told USA TODAY. Since then, she had been spotted on multiple game cameras on other properties in the county but was always gone by the time the area was searched, Sheriff Nathan Johnson said.
The precocious young animal who authorities said defied the norms of her fellow giraffes by scaling a rocky slab to escape the Cedar Hollow Ranch in Real County, Texas, was spotted the morning of June 26 about 4 miles south of the ranch, according to the Real County Sheriff's Office.
Vick Jones, manager of Cedar Hollow Ranch, and Jeff Hill of Concho Aviation were searching for by air Gracie when they saw her at about 7:30 a.m. local time, the sheriff's office said.
"Mr. Jones has contacted his Veterinarian and is putting a team together to safely capture Gracie and bring her home," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Gracie, with her signature rounded ears, left the ranch on June 11, Jones told USA TODAY. Since then, she had been spotted on multiple game cameras on other properties in the county but was always gone by the time the area was searched, Sheriff Nathan Johnson said.
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