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  2. West African giraffe - Wikipedia

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    However, recent genetic research has shown that the populations from northern Cameroon and southern Chad actually are the Kordofan giraffe (G. c. antiquorum). [5] Therefore, the giraffes that remain in Waza National Park (Cameroon) belong to the Kordofan giraffe, while the only remaining viable population of the West African giraffe is in Niger ...

  3. Giraffes need endangered species protection, U.S. officials say

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    The West African, Kordofan and Nubian — all subspecies of the northern giraffe — have seen their population fall around 77% since 1985, according to federal officials. There are around 5,900 ...

  4. Kouré, Niger - Wikipedia

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    As of 2012, it had a population of 46,249. [1] Kouré is best known for West African giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis peralta), an endemic subspecies of West Africa. The population of giraffes in Niger reached a low of 50 animals 1984, but according to the Association to Safeguard Giraffes in Niger (ASGN) there are now 170 of them. ASGN and its ...

  5. Association to Safeguard Giraffes in Niger - Wikipedia

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    The ASGN was founded by French ethologist Isabelle Ciofolo in 1994 [2] with the objective of saving the last population of West African Giraffes in Niger, a highly endangered species. When the society was formed there were only 50 individuals of the species surviving in the country.

  6. Poachers have African giraffes on the verge of extinction - AOL

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    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 ...

  7. Invisible' extinction: Giraffe population down 40% - AOL

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    A decline of 40% in the last 15 years and on the brink of extinction. That's the way things are looking for the world's tallest animal, the giraffe, according to Giraffe Conservation Foundation ...

  8. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The West African giraffe (G. c. peralta) ... Aerial survey is the most common method of monitoring giraffe population trends in the vast roadless tracts of African ...

  9. W National Park - Wikipedia

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    The park provides a home for some of West Africa's last wild African elephants. However, the rare West African giraffe, today restricted to small parts of the Niger, is absent from the area. The W park is also known for historic occurrence of packs of the endangered West African wild dog, [5] although this canid may now be locally extinct. [6]