Giraffes Face Silent Extinction as Population Shrinks
As the giraffe population has shrunk by nearly 40 per cent in only 30 years, biologists are now worried that the world’s tallest land animal is at risk of extinction. Scientists have put it on the official watch list of threatened and endangered species worldwide, calling it “vulnerable.” Scientists blame habitat loss. In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes but in 2015 that number shrank to 97,562, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). From the article: “At a biodiversity meeting Wednesday in Mexico, the IUCN increased the threat level for 35 species...
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