The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced giraffes may need to be listed as an endangered species.
Just over 97,000 giraffes remained in the wild in 2016, and their population has suffered a decline of 36 to 40 percent from 1985, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow April 25 at 3:41 PM The U.S.
“The Service finds that the petition to list the giraffe presented substantial information on potential threats associated with development, agriculture and mining,” the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service said in a release. Thursday’s decision means that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will conduct its own review, which can take up to 12 months, to assess whether giraffes merit inclusion on the list. That review is followed by a public-comment period, after which the agency announces whether the species will be covered under the Endangered Species Act.
“We love these animals, and they’ve been undergoing a silent extinction without the public being aware of it,” said Tanya Sanerib, international legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
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