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The West African giraffe is more closely related to the giraffes of East Africa than to those of Central Africa. Its ancestor may have migrated from East to North Africa during the Quaternary and then to West Africa with the development of the Sahara desert. At its largest, Lake Chad may have acted as a barrier between West African and Kordofan ...
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.
There are around 5,900 left, including only about 690 West African giraffes remain. The vast majority of reticulated giraffes live in Kenya, and their population is estimated at 15,985, according ...
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 partners have assisted the local community ...
Fewer than 300 "West African giraffes" remain in Niger, Hennessy told ABC News, and only 700 "Rothschild's giraffes" are left in Uganda and Kenya. "Poaching has big impact on certain areas ...
A West African giraffe, also called the Niger giraffe, peeks from under an acacia tree in the tiger bush near Kouré, Niger. The Termit Massif reserve has been under a decree since 2012. It encloses an area of 100,000 square kilometres (39,000 sq mi) area, which is the largest single reserve in Africa. [1]
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 ...
At its largest, Lake Chad may have acted as a boundary between the West African and Kordofan giraffes during the Holocene (before 5000 BC). [25] West African giraffe (G. peralta), [33] Also known as Niger giraffe or Nigerian giraffe. The reticulated giraffe (G. c. reticulata) is native to northeastern Kenya, southern Ethiopia, and Somalia. [1]