Giraffes Now Listed as ‘Vulnerable’ to Extinction

Published by the Environmental News Service

CANCUN, Mexico, December 11, 2016 (ENS) – Driven by habitat loss, civil unrest and illegal hunting, the global giraffe population has fallen by 40 percent over the last 30 years, and the species has been listed as Vulnerable on the Red List of Threatened Species maintained by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN.

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