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Longneck Manor founder, Rick Barongi, recently attended the International Tapir Symposium held in Campo Grande, Brazil. During this event, Rick had the honor of presenting Dr. Patricia Medici with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding work in tapir conservation. Dr. Medici, who serves as the Chair of the IUCN Tapir Specialist Group, has dedicated …

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This fourth of July Baby, Indy, is named for Independence Day After a 15-month wait, we are delighted to welcome the newest addition to our wildlife family; a male reticulated giraffe calf named Indy. Arriving at 7:44pm on July 2, and weighing 155 pounds and standing 6-feet-tall, this not-so-little baby boy has the distinctive gold …

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Longneck Manor Recognized as a Traveler-Favorite July 3 , 2024 – Longneck Manor is pleased to announce today that it has been recognized in Tripadivsor’s® Travelers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The award honors businesses that consistently earn great reviews, placing them among the top 10% of listings around the world on Tripadvisor. As the world’s …

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Everyone comes to Longneck Manor to meet our incredible giraffes and white rhinos. We also have a very laid-back two-toed sloth, named Bruno for VIP encounters. But we have two other extraordinary ambassadors! Call me biased, but the two most under-rated four-legged Longneck Manor ambassadors are my yellow Labradors retrievers, Drifter and Boone. Drifter has …

Drifter and Boone – Ambassadors First Class Read More »

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the best that Africa has to offer. Join us on this exclusive safari and create memories that will last a lifetime.

If you are passionate about animals (both pets and wildlife) and want to learn how to help save them in their natural habitats, then I invite you to read my Blog.   This first one gives you a glimpse of why I ended up in the zoo and conservation world. At age 69, I’m embarking on …

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better, it’s not. Read More »

Meet my pal Drifter, a four-year-old yellow Labrador retriever.   His pedigree name is Classic Hill Country Drifter but we call him the “Drift Man” or “Luigi” if you are my Brazilian friend, Pati Medici.  He is the official ambassador and ranch dog for Longneck Manor. Drifter was born on April 25, 2017 at Classic …

Drifter – First Ambassador Read More »

Fact:  I have Visited Africa Over 50 Times, but my First Trip Changed my Life    Africa…. This wild and mysterious continent with its amazing creatures and bold explorers, such as Sir Richard Burton, Dr. David Livingstone, Paul Du Chaillu, and my personal favorite, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, has always enchanted me.  Seeing the incredible life-like …

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Rhino Fact:  There are five living species of rhinos (two African and three Asian), their combined populations in the wild being about 30,000 animals.  If rhinos could attend a soccer or football game they would not even fill half the seats in the stadium. Not quite sure when I saw my first rhino, but it probably …

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After you read some of the history and vision narratives on this website you still may be wondering how I came up with the idea and why do it in Fredericksburg, Texas? I wish I could just say it all came to me in a dream, but it was a more extended mind journey.  When …

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