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The number of giraffes has decreased by nearly 30% since the 1980s, per the Giraffe Conservation Foundation Giraffes Need Protections of Endangered Species Act After Declining Numbers, U.S ...
There are around 45,400 Masai giraffes — an amount roughly equivalent to 67% of their population in the 1970s. Giraffes feed on leaves, stems, flowers and fruits, so human population growth and ...
Giraffe populations are declining at such an alarming rate — from habitat loss, poaching, urbanization and climate change-fueled drought — that US wildlife officials announced a proposal on ...
The current IUCN taxonomic scheme lists one species of giraffe with the name G. camelopardalis and nine subspecies. [1] [7] A 2021 whole genome sequencing study suggests the northern giraffe as a separate species, and postulates the existence of three distinct subspecies, [8] and more recently, one extinct subspecies. [9] [10] [11]
As of 2018, Rothschild's giraffe is classified as near threatened. Very few locations are left where Rothschild's giraffe can be seen in the wild, with notable spots being Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya [14] and Murchison Falls National Park [15] in northern Uganda. Their predators are hyenas, lions, crocodiles, and leopards. [10]
The giraffe is a protected species in most of its range. It is the national animal of Tanzania, [140] and is protected by law, [141] and unauthorised killing can result in imprisonment. [142] The UN-backed Convention of Migratory Species selected giraffes for protection in 2017. [143]
Giraffes as a species are classified as vulnerable according to the IUCN, but their populations are rapidly declining, with some subspecies being listed as critically endangered [13] Their primary threats are poaching, human population growth, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, and habitat degradation.
By RYAN GORMAN African giraffes are in danger of becoming extinct. Hunting and poaching have decimated the continent's giraffe population by about 40 percent, according to one estimate. There are ...