Since 1985, the population of West African, Kordofan and Nubian giraffes has declined by about 77% — from over 25,000 animals to just under 6,000, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

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The newborn reticulated giraffe, a species of giraffe native to the Horn of Africa, was named after Peter and Nancy Lang’s granddaughter, “symbolizing beauty and joy,” Safari West officials ...

Despite the giraffe being listed as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), experts say they do not know the full extent of the animal's plight. Two ...

The populations of these subspecies of northern giraffes have declined approximately 77% since 1985, from 25,653 to 5,919 individuals, according to the agency, which notes, only 690 West African ...

The three subspecies of northern giraffe officials are proposing to be listed as endangered include the West African, Kordofan and Nubian giraffes, whose populations have plummeted by roughly 77% ...

"Several of these previously unrecognized genetic units are highly endangered, such as the West African giraffe, numbering about only 100 individuals and restricted to a single area in Niger," it ...

About 117,000 wild giraffes are left worldwide, according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, down almost 30 percent from the 1980s. Northern giraffes have declined an estimated 77 percent ...

Niamey (AFP) – Conservationists in Niger said on Wednesday they had transferred threatened West African giraffes to a new home 600 kilometres (375 miles) away. One of nine giraffe sub-species ...

How do you tackle a giraffe? Simple, you aim low, going for its ankles. Like a rugby lock forward, the lanky creature loses balance and falls down. We were looking for a wounded giraffe in northern ...

The three subspecies of northern giraffe officials are proposing to be listed as endangered include the West African, Kordofan and Nubian giraffes, whose populations have plummeted by roughly 77% ...