critically endangered different species
of African giraffes fall into this
category
and now Kenyan officials are taking
steps to protect the majestic creatures
overall giraffes are now extinct in at
least seven African countries including
Eritrea Mali and Burkina Faso a little
more than one hundred thousand are left
on the entire continent a steep decline
from just thirty years ago we now have
about a hundred and ten thousand
giraffes remaining in the wild so in
draft language that means we've lost
we've lost about thirty five percent of
the population in three generations
they're now found only in 21 different
countries and Kenya's the only country
that has three different types of
giraffes a UN treaty called the
conservation on migratory Services or
CMS is the only one that addresses
migratory species and their habitats
officials recently discussed it at a
conference on the matter they say one of
the main threats to giraffes are humans
number one threat to Africa's wildlife
is habitat loss this is a competition
for space between human activities and
the needs for wildlife human activities
is a need for with culture exposure of
agriculture industrialization human
settlements infrastructure that we need
for development is competing for space
for wildlife poaching hunting and
illegal trafficking to Europe and the
United States are also contributing
factors experts are now calling for
conservation strategies and will
possibly create a giraffe conservation
fund an online international database
will be formed to track the animals
movement and the entire giraffe
population
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