The Rothchild’s giraffe is an endangered subspecies. Because of poaching and habitat loss, only about 2,000 of them remain in Africa — 800 in Kenya — according to O’Connor. “The hope is ...

The determined baby giraffe managed to get to his feet less than an hour after being born at West Midlands Safari Park.

Giraffe numbers have dropped by 40 ... 2011 to craft the first national conservation strategy in Africa for protecting giraffes. With poaching all but quashed by the government and without any ...

Mammals expert Richard Sabin explains why giraffe numbers have plummeted in the past 15 years. Wild giraffe populations in northern Africa are rapidly declining, with human activity cited as the main ...

Habitat: Giraffes use both semi-arid savannah and savannah woodlands in Africa. Range: Giraffes are found in fragmented habitats ... in addition to civil unrest in certain parts of giraffes' range, ...

The giraffe population at Lake Mburo National ... rangers continue to face significant challenges, including: poaching, shortage of rangers plus encroachment by local communities, particularly ...

But these tallest of all land mammals are in the midst of a silent extinction. Africa's giraffe population has dropped by almost 40 percent in the past 30 years, dwindling to just more than 97,000 ...

However, he says he didn’t take down this giraffe on a hunt in Africa, rather it died of natural causes at a zoo and he was commissioned to taxidermy it for a museum. “We love animals.

South Africa continues to see a downward trend in rhino poaching, with the 2024 statistics showing that 499 rhinos were poached in 2023, compared to 420 last year -- a decrease of 79. "As we ...

JOHANNESBURG, March 6 (Reuters) - South Africa recorded a roughly 16 percent drop in rhino poaching last year, with 420 animals killed for their horns versus 499 the previous year, the government ...