Gracie the giraffe who loves to wander found safe after search with community help

Local sheriff's office appealed for citizens to keep their eye out for Gracie's rounded ears' - to distinguish from any other missing giraffes

For almost two weeks, residents of a rural Texas county have been looking, mostly up, for a missing giraffe called Gracie that wandered off from a private game ranch.

On Wednesday, it appeared the free-roaming mammal's odyssey was over, after it was reportedly found safe a little farther out than expected" from its hill country home.