Whitney Cummings “went rogue” to make sure a giraffe was safe and sound.
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Malibu Wine Safaris has responded in a statement on Facebook after Cummings ventured to their sit to check on the wellbeing of animals there that were not evacuated in the face of wildfires encroaching on the area.
The statement explained that there was not enough time to evacuate the animals, but they were placed in a fenced-off area with almost no fuel like trees or tall brush for fires to reach them.
“Exotic animals cannot simply be haltered and moved onto a trailer and off of the property,” the statement read. “The majority of them require anesthesia and major lifting capability to move them onto a trailer. It would take weeks to move a collection of that size and animal type, which in itself, would be an extreme risk to some of the animals. The staff did an amazing job in a very short period of time to accomplish this feat.
After Malibu Wine Safaris released a statement last week on Instagram ensuring people on social media that their animals, including Stanley the giraffe, were safe from the wildfires raging across California, Cummings decided to go see for herself.
Cummings, however, was not swayed by the winery’s post, and decided to “go rogue” and check things out for herself.
“There were a lot of rumours and i didn’t want to be contributing to untrue gossip,” the comedian wrote on Instagram, confirming that the giraffe is safe.
Cummings then posted a video explaining that the winery is refusing to evacuate the animals onsite, writing in her post, “I wanted to be understanding and gracious, but once you treat your animals like this (when you have plenty of money) we simply aren’t on the same page.”
She then posted a photo showing how close the fires came to the fence enclosing Stanley.
Cummings also requested help from anyone who would be able to help evacuate the animal.
“I know moving a giraffe is incredibly dangerous but not having an evacuation plan at all isn’t acceptable,” she said.
On Monday afternoon, Cummings shared two more Instagram posts, revealing that Stanley is OK — for now.