Photo: Stanley the Giraffe/Instagram
Celeb-loved Stanley the giraffe is seemingly safe astwo wildfires continue to devastate southern California, but animal rights critics are still concerned about him and his fellow residents at Malibu Wine Safaris.
Malibu Wine Safarisis home to dozens of exotic animals, and it was directly in the path of the Woolsey fire, which has since spread across 91,000 acres.Khloé Kardashian, 34, who encountered Stanley when she visited the venue during an episode ofKeeping Up With The Kardashians, initially called attention to the potential risk the Safaris’ animals were exposed to.
“Y’all know I have a special place for giraffes in my heart! All animals but I am being told that all animals from Malibu wines safari are safe!! I didn’t think they would do that to Stanley. That’s a fake report,” the reality star tweeted on Saturday after a family member told her Stanley was left “alone in the fire.”
Other celebrities expressed concern for the winery’s animals on Saturday, too, includingModern Family‘sAriel Winter, 20, who wrote: “Can anyone assist in getting Stanley the giraffe to a safe place??? He’s currently stuck in the Malibu wine safari area and is not safe. Please. This entire situation is devastating for everyone, and I just won’t be able to handle hearing that Stanley couldn’t be saved. Please.”
The most vocal celebrity advocate on Stanley’s behalf has beenWhitney Cummings. The 36-year-old comedian was not swayed when Malibu Wine Safaris posted an Instagram of Stanley, asserting that he was safe, on Saturday.
“Our amazing animal care and facilities team began preparing for evacuations late last night and because of their efforts we have survived the fire,” read the caption of the photo. “Our management team and animal trainers are onsite right now feeding, providing water, repairing enclosures, and caring for our animal family (including Stanley). While we have lost a considerable portion of our barns and facilities, our primary concern is the lives our animal and human families. We have a small number of number of animals unaccounted for but the search is continuing through the night. Your offers of support are deeply appreciated and as we begin the reconstruction process we will reach out to neighbors to help with this process!”
The venue has not given an update on the status or whereabouts of its animals since.
Cummings visited the facility herself over the weekend to check on the safety of the animals, and even brought them food. She shared a picture of the fire damage near Stanley’s enclosure to show how close he was to danger, and criticized the venue’s staff for not evacuating its animals.
On Monday afternoon, Cummings shared that she’d employed exotic veterinarians to assess the safety of the animals at the Safaris, Stanley included.
“Believe it or not, I don’t want to be in a public beef with a zoo,” the2 Broke Girlscreator wrote. “Now vets are going to help and they can decide what’s best from here … Nothing else to do right now … People way smarter than me are assessing the situation.”
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It’s unclear which animals are safe and how much danger they will (or won’t) be in as the fires continue to spread. At the time of Cummings’ most recent post, the Woolsey fire was 20 percent contained.
Malibu Wine Safaris did not yet reply to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
