rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/sign-demand-gracie-the-escaped-giraffe-go-to-sanctuary?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-sign-demand-gracie-the-escaped-giraffe-go-to-sanctuary' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Voters For Animal Rights https://actionnetwork.org/groups/vfar https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/776/966/normal/Screenshot_2026-06-25_at_10.20.12_PM.png Gracie, a young giraffe, has been loose in the Texas Hill Country for weeks after escaping Cedar Hollow Ranch, and the search is still underway. The internet has treated it like a feel-good caper, joking about her "vacation." But the cheerful framing leaves out where she'd be headed back to if she's caught: Cedar Hollow isn't a quaint ranch. It's a commercial breeding operation that produces giraffes and other vulnerable species for sale to private buyers, hands-on roadside zoos, and — by the ranch's own past admission — hunting operations. That last category matters most. Texas runs the largest captive-hunting industry in the country, where animals are confined behind fences and lured to feeding stations so customers can pay for a guaranteed kill. A regulatory loophole even allows certain endangered species to be legally hunted this way. None of this is hidden because it's rare — it's hidden because it's normal, and normally out of view. If and when Gracie is recovered, she shouldn't be funneled back into a pipeline built to turn animals like her into inventory. She deserves a permanent, accredited sanctuary home — not another transaction. Our Ask Place Gracie in an accredited sanctuary (GFAS-verified or AZA-accredited giraffe care) once she's recovered, not back into Cedar Hollow's breeding-and-sales operation. Disclose Gracie's history, including whether she was ever marketed for resale to a hunting ranch. Open Cedar Hollow's breeding and sales records to USDA APHIS inspection. Strengthen oversight of Texas's wild animal breeding and captive hunting industry, including closing the endangered-species hunting loophole. Sign now to demand that when Gracie is found, she gets a real sanctuary — not a return ticket to the trade that bred her. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-demand-gracie-the-escaped-giraffe-go-to-sanctuary