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not good. i love giraffes!
Giraffes are disappearing and could be facing extinction, experts say
Nearly 40 percent of the world's giraffe population has declined in the last three decades, IUCN said Thursday, fueled by habitat loss and illegal hunting. In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes, but in 2015 the number was down to 97,562, according to the IUCN.
While everyone worries about elephants, Earth has four times as many pachyderms as giraffes, said Julian Fennessy and Noelle Kumpel, co-chairs of the specialty group of biologists that put the giraffe on the IUCN Red List. They both called what's happening to giraffes a "silent extinction."
"As one of the world's most iconic animals, it is timely that we stick our neck out for the giraffe before it's too late," said Julian Fennessey, co-director of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation.
An adult giraffe can grow up to 19 feet and weigh more than 2,000 pounds, according to National Geographic.
Giraffes are disappearing and could be facing extinction, experts say
Nearly 40 percent of the world's giraffe population has declined in the last three decades, IUCN said Thursday, fueled by habitat loss and illegal hunting. In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes, but in 2015 the number was down to 97,562, according to the IUCN.
While everyone worries about elephants, Earth has four times as many pachyderms as giraffes, said Julian Fennessy and Noelle Kumpel, co-chairs of the specialty group of biologists that put the giraffe on the IUCN Red List. They both called what's happening to giraffes a "silent extinction."
"As one of the world's most iconic animals, it is timely that we stick our neck out for the giraffe before it's too late," said Julian Fennessey, co-director of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation.
An adult giraffe can grow up to 19 feet and weigh more than 2,000 pounds, according to National Geographic.
