Missing 1200-pound giraffe Gracie found 2 weeks after wandering away from ranch in viral search

A fugitive 3-year-old giraffe was recovered via chopper connected Friday aft 2 weeks connected the tally from her location astatine a backstage ranch successful Texas.

The 1,200-pound giraffe, named Gracie, wandered distant from her unfenced situation astatine Cedar Hollow Ranch successful Leakey, Texas, connected June 12.

The 10-foot-tall carnal was located by chopper connected Friday greeting astir 4 miles southbound of the ranch successful a remote, heavily-wooded area.

Vick Jones, who manages the ranch, told FOX 7 that Gracie moved determination successful May and inactive wasn’t utilized to her surroundings erstwhile she wandered away.

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Despite being 10 feet tall, Gracie hid retired successful the Texas Hill Country for 2 weeks. (Vic Jones via AP)

He explained that she apt didn’t mean to permission the ranch, but had been feeding successful an country of the ranch that giraffes ne'er had earlier and got retired and came backmost connected the incorrect broadside of the gate.

Gracie is 1 of 2 giraffes who unrecorded connected the property.

"Just 1 of them atrocious deals that happen, you know?" helium told the station. "And inadvertently, similar I say, we’ve ne'er had giraffes spell up successful that country earlier and she did."

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Jones decided to station a missing alert for Gracie connected a section mislaid and recovered app.

"I conscionable thought, well, possibly immoderate of the locals retired connected the ranches, radical who enactment connected immoderate of these ranches mightiness would spot that oregon perceive astir it and springiness maine an thought of which mode she mightiness person went disconnected the property," Jones explained. "And 24 hours later, it’s each implicit the world."

Gracie was yet spotted by chopper 2 weeks later. (FOX 7)

The station rapidly went viral, with radical making AI photos of Gracie everyplace from moving arsenic a lifeguard astatine a pool, arsenic a firefighter who doesn’t request a ladder oregon floating down a lazy stream successful a floaty.

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"I present cognize what the connection viral means," Jones joked.

Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson said Jones called a veterinarian aft Gracie was recovered Friday, and they are getting acceptable to nonstop a squad to get her backmost to the ranch.

"She’s successful bully shape," Jones said. "She’s lasting there, swishing her tail."

He besides stressed that she is simply a gentle elephantine who wasn’t of immoderate harm to anyone.

Gracie lives successful Texas Hill Country. (Josh Noel/Chicago Tribune)

"If you determination toward her, she's taking off," helium said.

Gracie was recovered connected bare backstage spot adjacent a pond and creek and had plentifulness of vegetation to eat.

For the travel home, Gracie volition request to beryllium sedated, person a hood enactment implicit her eyes, and past she’ll beryllium transported successful an open-air trailer, past an enclosed trailer made for giraffes.

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Texas Hill Country has 1 of the largest concentrations of captive exotic animals successful the U.S. and Johnson said successful the past he’s had calls for mislaid monkeys and zebras but nary giraffes.

Despite requiring jackhammering done rock, Jones said helium present plans to enactment a obstruction astir Gracie’s enclosure.