Synopsis

In 1973, award-winning ABC News correspondent Lynn Sherr first traveled to Africa and found herself captivated by giraffes. She described them as "a dazzling, unexpected revelation"—gawky yet graceful, anomalies of gentle strength draped in coats of golden, stained glass. Their movement seemed almost to defy gravity, a floating stride that held her spellbound. Now, Ms. Sherr returns to Kenya, South Africa, and the American zoo that stands as the Western Hemisphere's leading giraffe breeding cent