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The video above shows the fascinating way male giraffes fight. Known as “necking” the giraffes use their long and powerful necks to attack, delivering hard blows with each hit.
Marius (6 February 2012 – 9 February 2014) was a male giraffe living at Copenhagen Zoo.Though healthy, he was genetically unsuitable for future captive breeding, as his genes were over-represented in the captive population, so the zoo authorities decided to euthanize him.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed new protections for giraffes, saying their populations are threatened by poaching, habitat loss and climate change. Giraffes need endangered species ...
Hunting and poaching have decimated the continent's giraffe population by about 40 percent, according to one estimate. There are now only about 80,000 of the animals Poachers have African giraffes ...
Some documentary films or photos contain graphic violence. Examples of graphic documentaries and footages are war and crime. [10] [11] Unlike gore contents, sharing graphic documentary and footage is legal, although the publication of graphic footage and documentary caused debates and complaints.
Finding and monitoring the origin of illegal ivory found could help efforts to curb and suppress poaching of African elephants. [39] In Tanzania, 60% of the elephant population has been killed since 2010 and now number fewer than 44,000 individuals. In Mozambique, 48% of the country's elephants were killed in the same period.
The video now has over 682,000 views. Oklahoma chiropractor Joren Whitley saw Gerry the giraffe on Feb. 16 and posted a video of the session on April 16. The video now has over 682,000 views.
In poaching the animal is killed and valuable parts such as tusks or bones are collected. Canned hunting refers to the practice of bringing exotic animals as trophies to private land for hunting. Despite being cruel to animals, hunting is practiced in thousands of private properties around the world and is considered a profitable business. [101]