If finalized, the proposed rule would cut illegal hunting and trade of giraffes by requiring a permit to import their body parts into the US and expand new funding for research and other giraffe ...
Illegal hunting is also a problem for the species. 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 ...
The new protections will reduce illegal hunting and increase conservation funding for giraffes, according to the agency. The population of the three giraffe subspecies that the agency is ...
The giraffe population has dwindled to a point where the species should be protected under federal endangered species laws, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday, signaling what would be the ...