When we stop poaching and the illegal trade, we will save many species. The giraffe plays an important role in the ecosystem and is one of Africas iconic species, she said. To lose them simply because we werent paying attention would be tragic. Reports from around Africa provide new evidence that giraffe poaching in several countries is on the rise, a trend that could further threaten a species that has lost more than 40 percent of its population over the past 15 years. Today fewer than 80,000 giraffes remain in Africa, and three of the nine giraffe subspecies have populations that have fallen below 1,000 animals. Poaching is definitely on the increase, said Julian Fennessy, executive director of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. Giraffes are the forgotten megafauna. Theyre really not getting the attention they deserve. Poaching isnt pervasive throughout the continent, but it is particularly problematic in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he said. takepart/article/2014/11/19/giraffes-are-poachers-newest-target
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