Giraffes are not subtle animals. Africa's wild giraffe population has plunged dramatically and the world's tallest animals are in the process of a "silent extinction," a conservation group has reported. Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) are classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to a 40% decline in numbers between 1985 and 2015 (Muller et al., 2016). Endangered Giraffes and Oil.

The iconic giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), one of the world’s most recognisable animals and the tallest land mammal, has moved from ‘Least Concern’ to ‘Vulnerable’ in the newly released International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species continues to draw attention to the plight of the giraffe, with some now classed as being ‘Critically Endangered’. (WILDLIFE) AFRICA– Fewer than 670 Rothschild giraffes now live in the wild in Kenya and Uganda– a lower population than endangered African elephants. The world's largest environment network, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, has added it to its red list of endangered species. The conservation status of seven of the currently IUCN-recognised nine giraffe subspecies has been assessed –five of these subspecies for the first time ever. For many, it comes as a shock that three of the giraffe subspecies are now listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ (Kordofan and Nubian giraffe) and ‘Endangered’ (Reticulated giraffe), while others range from ‘Vulnerable’ (Thornicroft’s and West African …

A listing on the IUCN Red List compels governments to try to help keep a species alive. With less than 670 Rothschild’s giraffe surviving in the wild, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added the subspecies in their ‘Endangered’ Red List category. Nairobi, Kenya – Giraffes of an increasingly rare sub-species have been just been classed as Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on its authoritative Red List of Threatened Species.. Established in 1964, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species. IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group Co-Chairs: Stuart Nixon and Julian Fennessy Red List Authority Coordinator: David Mallon Website 2016-2017 Giraffe and Okapi SG Report Rothschild's Giraffe Joins List of Species Threatened by Extinction 08/13/10 The Rothschild's giraffe is the latest charismatic African mammal to be declared "Endangered" by IUCN (the International Union for the Conservation of Nature), adding to the growing number of species under threat of extinction. Today there are only around 1500 individuals in the wild. The future for the Rothschild Giraffe is in serious jeopardy at this time. Fennessy said, "I am delighted and of course saddened at the same time that the Rothschild giraffe has finally made the IUCN Red List status. The Rothschild’s Giraffe, one of nine recognized giraffe sub-species, now numbers fewer than 670 animals in the wild, the IUCN says. Widespread across southern and eastern Africa, with smaller isolated populations in west and central Africa, new … Giraffes were uplisted to ‘Vulnerable’ in 2016, and now, at the end of 2018, some subspecies are in real trouble. Poaching, traditional hunting, and degradation of their habitat are primary reasons that took this species to an endangered conservation status (EN) according to the red list of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi was named after the Tring Museum's founder, Walter Rothschild, and is also known as the Baringo giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya, or as the Ugandan giraffe.All of those living in the wild are in protected areas in Kenya and Uganda. Now the giraffe's … Will this bring a more critical eye to the oil development that is rapidly expanding in some of the best habitat for these animals? The IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies.

Surviving in Kenya and Uganda, the Rothschild’s giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) is hanging on in small isolated populations, usually in protected areas, where populations are already at a maximum.