A missing giraffe has captivated the people of Real County, Texas for two weeks, with the search coming to a happy end on Friday. Gracie the giraffe wandered away from her enclosure at Cedar Hollow Ranch, which is home to several hundred exotic animals, into hilly terrain in search of her preferred foliage, and never returned. She was found during an aerial search around 6:45 a.m. Friday on a neighboring property about four miles south of her home. Real County Sheriff Nathan T. Johnson announced the news, saying: “We found her, she’s fat and happy.” She was near a water supply and plenty of vegetation, the sheriff said. The giraffe, who is believed to be between 3 and 4 years old, first arrived at the ranch in Texas, about 90 miles northwest of San Antonio, in May. The area where she was grazing wasn’t fenced, and after cresting a hill she ended up on the other side, and just continued in that direction, Gracie’s owner Vick Jones said.
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