But in the savannas of Africa, giraffe populations have plummeted ... U.S. officials hope the move will help clamp down on the poaching of giraffes by restricting the import of their body ...

Illegal poaching and other human interference have ... They estimated neck length from photos of adult Masai giraffes, a ...

Giraffes are poached for their meat in many regions of Africa — as well as for their pelts, bones, hair and tails — by hunters and trappers wielding snares, guns and other weapons. Giraffe hair is ...

The giraffe and 17 others were moved from the north of Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park—where poaching and new dams and roads threaten the species—across the Nile to the park’s south ...

Lack of enforcement of local laws, in addition to civil unrest in certain parts of giraffes' range, have allowed poaching for bushmeat, bones, tail hair and other giraffe parts to become a leading ...

Wild giraffe populations in northern Africa are rapidly declining, with human activity cited as the main cause. Habitat loss and illegal poaching have left the gentle giant at risk of extinction.

The giraffe, one of Africa's most iconic animals, is facing a crisis. Despite their worldwide popularity, giraffe populations ...

potentially spurring their expansion and showing where extra patrols to limit bushmeat poaching or community education to encourage local buy-in for conservation can save giraffe lives.

Police arrested three suspects who were found with over 20 kilos of meat suspected to have originated from a killed giraffe ...

South Africa faces an acute poaching crisis, with more than 10 000 rhinos killed since 2007 according to the International Rhino Foundation.

A dead giraffe slumped nearby and a lion's twisted ... They were not first responders to another poaching tragedy, but students at South Africa's Wildlife Forensic Academy, a training centre ...