Wouldn't it be awful if we lost the magnificent animals? Well, we are. The worldwide population of Giraffes has declined by 40% in the last thirty [30] years. There are nine subspecies. In the late 1980s 90% of the Kordofan population vanished. Today there are roughty 2,000 left in the wild. Ninety-eight [98] percent of the Nubian sub-species are gone; the remaining 2,000 are on sheltered land in Kenya. Other sub-species on the Endangered endangered list include the Massai, Thornicroft's, Northern, Ugandan, Angolan, Reticulated, and the West and South African, Giraffes.

A variety of reasons are primarily due to us.humans: loss of habitat, poaching and illegal trade. One subspecies in Niger, are being hit by cars. They are critically endangered, and they being gathered up to move them to a safer environment.

There are many more stories regarding loss of habitat such as Coal Mining and urbanization due to over-population. Civil Wars? Need I say more about this. The small herds that are left are out of balance and inbreeding occurs in these populations, (2021: Environmental Buddy, Ashan Soomro) and (biologicaldiversity.org)

Abuses to a variety of population continues. In Tanazania, people believe that bone marrow and Massai brains cure HIV/AIDS. In the Congo giraffe tales are sold as status symbols (National Geographic, Rachel Fobar). Internationally, help is coming from Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

What can you do? 1. Do not purchase any giraffe products. 2. Let your reprentatives know that you are very concerned about decreasing giraffe populations. 3. Ashen Soomro recommends reading 20 Ways to Help Protect Endangered Species. https://www.environmentbuddy.com More thank yous go to the Internationall Fund for Animal Welfare and Center for Biological Diversity.

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