{"id":4719,"date":"2026-06-24T09:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/reward-offered-for-missing-giraffe-on-the-loose\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:03:36","slug":"reward-offered-for-missing-giraffe-on-the-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/reward-offered-for-missing-giraffe-on-the-loose\/","title":{"rendered":"Reward offered for missing giraffe on the loose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-06-24 09:03:34<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Authorities are offering a huge reward for a missing giraffe.<BR><br \/>\nThe Real County Animal Rescue-Shelter in Texas have asked members of the public to be on the look out for an animal on the loose after the long-necked creature, who has been named Gracie, managed to escape from a ranch.<BR><br \/>\nIn a post simply titled &#8220;LOST GIRAFFE&#8221;, the organisation said: &#8220;The Cedar Hollow Ranch is missing a Giraffe named &#8216;Gracie&#8217;. She has rounded ears.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe authorities noted that she was most recently &#8220;seen on a game camera west of Leakey&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nMeanwhile, a large reward is being offered for any information which leads to her &#8220;safe return&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nThey added: &#8220;The owner is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture and safe return of Gracie the Giraffe.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nAnyone with any leads is encouraged to &#8220;contact Vick Jones at 830-279-5822 or contact the Real County Sheriff&#8217;s Office at 830-232-5201&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nSome Facebook followers couldn&#8217;t resist making some jokes about the post, and the description of the giraffe.<BR><br \/>\nOne person replied: &#8220;So if we see a giraffe with pointy ears, its not her &#8230;.got it. (sic)&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nAnother quipped: &#8220;I\u2019m just telling you right now, id keep the giraffe because I have no city ordinance for giraffes in my city &#8211; and $5,000 just ain\u2019t enough to make me give it up.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nHowever, other users felt like people should be kinder about the situation.<BR><br \/>\nOne follower commented: &#8220;How can u people be so rediculous w your comments this a life there missing. Not a mockery. Wat if it were your pet missing? Just saying? Please pray shes ok. (sic)&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-06-24 09:03:34 Authorities are offering a huge reward for a missing giraffe. The Real County Animal Rescue-Shelter in Texas have asked members of the public to be on the look&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4721,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions\/4721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}