The last West African giraffe population living in the wilds of southwestern Niger is making a comeback with numbers reaching 310 last year, up from a count of 50 in 1996, the environment ministry said.
The ‘giraffa camelopardalis peralta’, distinguished by its light-coloured spots and found only in the Sahel region south of the Sahara, was nearly extinct when a campaign was launched to protect it from poachers — supported by the African Wildlife Foundation.
(READ the AFP story in Sky News)
Learn more at Wikipedia about The Association to Safeguard the Giraffes of Niger.
Great photo. Hopeful story. Thanks.