It is time to stand tall for giraffe conservation - as we have for elephant - and save a symbol of wild Africa.
Joe Dodson
Relatively light in colour, the Angolan giraffe has large, uneven and notched spots that cover the whole leg. Thought to be extinct in Angola, the range of this subspecies is believed to include Namibia and central Botswana.
Julian Fennessy
An entirely isolated population of Thornicroft’s giraffe survives in a small area of north-eastern Zambia, geographically separated from all other giraffe populations by at least 400 km.
The South African or Cape giraffe ranges from west to east across northern South Africa, southern Botswana, northern Botswana and southern Zimbabwe.
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Giraffe numbers in Africa have plummeted from approximately 140,000 to less than 80,000 in the last 15 years – a decline of almost 40%.
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Giraffe have already become extinct in seven African countries.
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Namibia is one of the only countries in Africa with an increasing giraffe population – obviously we are doing something right!
Ludwig Siege
Francois Deacon
The estimated number of Nubian giraffe is below 650, of which fewer than 200 are believed to occur in western Ethiopia, and an estimated 450 or less in South Sudan.
TRAVEL NEWS NAMIBIA SPRING 2014
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