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The **giraffe** (//Giraffa camelopardalis//) is an [|African] [|even-toed ungulate] [|mammal], the [|tallest] of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest [|ruminant].

in the past 15 years, the population has plummeted some 40 percent, to less than 80,000 from 140,000 in the mid 1990s.

Celebrations
http://planeta.com/world-giraffe-day
 * June 21** [|World Giraffe Day]

[|World Giraffe Day] is an exciting annual event initiated by [|Giraffe Conservation Foundation] to celebrate the longest-necked animal on the longest day or night (depending on which hemisphere you live!) of the year – 21 June – every year!

This annual event creates awareness, raises support and sheds light on the challenges giraffe face in the wild. By supporting World Giraffe Day you directly help save giraffe in Africa. With only 100,000 giraffe remaining in the wild, the time is right to act now.

Zoos, schools, NGOs, governments, institutions, companies and conservation organisations around the world are hosting events on 21 June every year to raise awareness and support for giraffe in the wild. [|Check out who else is celebrating].

According to the [|GCF blog], this year, World Giraffe Day 2017 focuses on the [|Masai giraffe] in southern Kenya and Tanzania. Some giraffe populations have been harder hit than others and Masai giraffe seem to be taking the brunt of it. As one of the most populous giraffe populations in Africa, there are only 32,000 Masai giraffe remaining in southern Kenya and Tanzania. Their number has dropped by more than half in the last 30 years.

Key Links https://giraffeconservation.org/world-giraffe-day [|@Save_Giraffe]

You can support these important, innovative and unique giraffe conservation efforts by helping us to raise much-needed funds on World Giraffe Day 2017. HOW WOULD YOUR SUPPORT HELP? HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:
 *  US$15 could pay for notebooks and pens to record giraffe observations in the wild
 *  US$25 could pay for batteries for GPS units to monitor giraffe, their threats and movements in the wild
 *  US$50 could cover all field costs and salary of a ranger who is actively involved in saving giraffe in East Africa for one day
 *  US$100 could pay for a GPS unit to monitor giraffe, their threats and movements in the wild
 *  US$250 could pay for digital camera with GPS
 *  US$500 could pay for a camera trap including batteries and SD cards to monitor giraffe and their movements in the wild
 *  US$1,000 could pay all field costs and salary of a ranger who is actively involved in saving giraffe in East Africa for one month
 *  US$2,500 could pay for one GPS satellite collar to monitor gir

Wikipedia
[|Giraffe] [|Camelopardalis]

Recommended Listening
[|Giraffes - the forgotten megafauna] - Conservationists are putting renewed energy into saving the giraffe, whose population has plummeted by 40 percent in just 16 years... there are just 80 thousand left. This rapid loss has prompted the creation of the [|Giraffe Conservation Foundation] - headed by long time giraffe conservationist Dr Julian Fennessy who says giraffes are the forgotten megafauna, and are far more fascinating and complex than most people realise.

Headlines
[] [] [] [|Congo’s giraffes being hunted into extinction — for their meat] [] [|Giraffemania! The live diplomatic gift that started a Georgian craze]

Elsewhere on the Web
[] [] ARKive – [|images and movies of the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)]. [|Animal Diversity Web – Giraffa camelopardalis] [|Giraffe], [|African Wildlife Foundation] [|Giraffa camelopardalis], [|Encyclopedia of Life] [] - [|@Save_Giraffe] http://www.giraffecenter.org - https://twitter.com/GiraffeCenter

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/sets/72157623611798057

Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/sonjalv/i-love-giraffes

Twitter https://twitter.com/GiraffeCenter

Humming
https://soundcloud.com/new-scientist/giraffes-humming

Hunting
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/11541074/Hunter-Rebecca-Francis-gets-death-threats-after-Ricky-Gervais-tweets-photo-of-her-with-dead-giraffe.html

Translating: Giraffe
Spanish: Jirafa Japanese: Kirin ([|麒麟])

Quotes
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things. - Pablo Picasso

Dios es sólo otro artista. Él inventó la jirafa, el elefante y el gato. Él no tiene estilo real, él sólo prueba otras cosas. - Pablo Picasso

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