{"id":347216,"date":"2026-06-23T16:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347216\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:34:07","slug":"yes-its-real-a-giraffe-is-missing-in-the-texas-hill-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347216\/","title":{"rendered":"YES, ITS REAL: A giraffe is missing in the Texas Hill Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEAKEY, Texas \u2014 It\u2019s not every day someone reports a missing giraffe in Texas, but that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happened in Real County.<\/p>\n<p>A Hill Country ranch owner is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of a giraffe last seen in Leakey, about 90 miles northwest of San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=122120771115249453&amp;set=a.122103704295249453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post shared Monday by the Real County Animal Rescue-Shelter<\/a>, a giraffe named Gracie escaped from Cedar Hollow Ranch and remains on the loose.<\/p>\n<p>Gracie was last seen on a game camera west of Leakey and is described as having rounded ears.<\/p>\n<p>The unusual report quickly gained attention on social media, with users expressing surprise that a giraffe was roaming the Texas Hill Country.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about Gracie\u2019s whereabouts is asked to contact owner Vick Jones at (830) 279-5822 or the Real County Sheriff\u2019s Office at (830) 232-5201.<\/p>\n<p>Officials did not say when the giraffe went missing or how she escaped from the ranch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEAKEY, Texas \u2014 It\u2019s not every day someone reports a missing giraffe in Texas, but that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-347216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}