Giraffe Charities - get involved and help giraffes
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Giraffe numbers have declined because of habitat loss, poaching, disease and unrest in many parts of Africa. Some populations are growing, mainly in southern parts of the continent and there are a number of charities working to help giraffes. World Giraffe Day
Here are some projects working to help giraffes A number of these are supported by UK charities, such as Born Free and PTES. 1. Giraffe Conservation Foundation is dedicated to a sustainable future for all giraffe populations in the wild. It seeks to raise awareness for, provide support to and secure a future for giraffe and conserve their habitat in Africa. Amongst other actiivities, it identifies key threats to giraffes in Africa and develops innovative ways to tackle these, and it raises awareness for and promotes the value of giraffe conservaton in African Range States and abroad. It raises funds to help with giraffe conservation in Africa and works with the IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group (GOSG) to provide comprehensive awareness and technical support. 2. IUCN SSC Giraffe & Okapi Specialist Group consists of global experts and its group leads efforts to study giraffe, okapi and the threats they face. It also leads and supports conservation actions to ensure the survival of the two species into the future. The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are institutional co-hosts of the GOSG for giraffe and okapi respectively. Find out more about giraffes from their website 3. The Born Free Foundation works to conserve the reticulated giraffe in the Meru Conservation Area, Kenya. It works to address the threats faced by giraffes and safeguard giraffe habitat there. It also campagins to ban trophy hunting and end the wildlife trade in giraffe parts and to end giraffes in captivity. 4. The African Wildlife Foundation is working to reforest key areas, thereby giving giraffes more food to eat and enabling them to expand their habitat; and to educate local communities in conservation. 5. The Giraffe Conservation Alliance works to connect people and zoos around the world to giraffe conservation projects in Africa. 6. The Wildlife Nature Institute runs Project Giraffe. The research is discovering where Masai giraffes are doing well, where they are not, and why. It works to protect and connect areas that are important to Masai giraffe conservation. They are also taking part in the global status assessment of giraffes being undertaken through the IUCN |