The biggest problem leading to this dangerous figure concerning giraffes is that the issue has been overshadowed because of elephant and rhino poaching. In a quest to save the rhino and elephant, conservations and environmentalist have not noticed the same dangers stalking Giraffe whose numbers are slowly dwindling.
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The serious threat to the Giraffe has gone largely unnoticed and officials were shocked to realize the new census of Giraffe that now number less than elephants roaming the wilds of Africa.
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According to Jeff Flocken the North American regional director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, “When I was doing research on giraffes in Kenya a few years ago, they were quite abundant and no one questioned that they were doing well, only recently have we looked at them critically and seen this huge drop, which has been a shock to the conservation community. This is an iconic animal and it’s in deep trouble.”
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Focus has again regained ground on the Giraffe after trophy hunters like twelve year old Aryanna Gourdin have started posing with giraffe heads on social media. The long neck graceful creatures have now got authorities concerned and they certainly need saving even more than elephants.
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The sad thing is no International or US law protects Giraffes from being killed for trade. Humane Society Specialist Masha Kalinina said that “It is clearly time to change this. As the largest importer of trophies in the world, the role of the United States in the decline of this species is undeniable, and we must do our part to protect these animals.”
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