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Mongabay (mongabay@mastodon.green)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 03:27:58 JST Mongabay

According to a recent study, losing two Kordofan giraffes each year would lead to local extinction of the subspecies within Cameroon’s Bénoué National Park in just 15 years.
The study found that antipoaching measures are the most effective way to prevent extinction, including robust patrols by guards, strengthening law enforcement, and providing sustainable livelihoods to people living around the park.
By Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/kordofan-giraffes-face-local-extinction-in-15-years-if-poaching-continues/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife
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1. Kordofan giraffes face local extinction in 15 years if poaching continues
  
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  If just two Kordofan giraffes are killed each year, the subspecies could be locally extinct in just 15 years within Cameroon’s Bénoué National Park. This is according to a new study by the University of Bristol and the Bristol Zoological Society, published in the African Journal of Ecology. “We expected poaching to be driving population […]

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