Giraffes are also in danger of extinction, a silent disappearance that has already occurred in seven African countries and if something is not done soon, we should say goodbye to this extraordinary long-necked animal.
Giraffes are too at risk of extinction, a silent disappearance that has already occurred in seven African countries and if something is not done soon, we should say goodbye to this extraordinary long-necked animal.
Already last year, the IUCN, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, had raised the alarm: the giraffe it is officially among the endangered species.
An announcement started from a fact: in the last forty years beyond 58% of wildlife disappeared due to deforestation and the poaching.
In the last thirty years then, the number of giraffes has decreased by almost 40%: in fact, it has gone from 157 thousand in 1985 to 97 thousand in 2015. As always, the hand of man is to undermine the life of these beautiful animals.
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From the transformation of natural habitats to civil wars, from deforestation to poaching, problems that also affect other species such as the elephant and the rhinoceros, also threatened by hunting ivory.
La giraffe meat it is in great demand in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while in Tanzania with the bone marrow and the brain are made magical "Anti Aids potions".
If until some time the IUCN seemed cautious, now it leaves no room for the imagination: the risk is there and it is real because already two of the nine subspecies of African giraffe have been included among the most threatened in the world.
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There is rothschild giraffe, of which there are only a thousand specimens left in Uganda and Kenya and that of Niger with less than 300 specimens.
Giraffes have been on Earth for over 7 thousand years and now they risk disappearing. There is a contribution to their protection The Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the foundation that is responsible for ensuring their survival. For more information click here
Dominella Trunfio
