Brights Zoo in Limestone hopes that attention to the spotless baby will spur action on saving giraffes in the wild, which have dwindled in numbers.
The reticulated giraffe is one of the four distinct species of giraffe, according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation , a group that works to save giraffes in the wild. In 2018, the International Union for Conservation of Nature added it to a list ofStephanie Fennessy, executive director of the GCF, said the group had “never seen a similar giraffe in the wild in Africa.”
“Wild populations are silently slipping into extinction, with 40 percent of the wild giraffe population lost in just the last 3 decades,” Tony Bright, the founder of Brights Zoo, said in a statement, adding that the zoo was working to help the giraffe population through a breeding program.
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