Giraffes facing 'silent extinction' as population plunges

>A study in recent months suggested that the giraffe was actually four different species but for this update of the Redlist, the IUCN have stuck with the traditional definition of one species with nine subspecies.

>Of these, five have had falling populations, one has remained stable while three have grown. Different outcomes seem to be highly dependent on location.

>"The species in southern Africa, those numbers are increasing by two to three times over the last three decades," said Dr Fennessy.

>"But when you come up through East Africa, those numbers have plummeted some by up to 95% of the population in the case of the Nubian giraffe, in the last three decades alone."

Solutions exist

>While researchers believe that some local populations may not survive, there is optimism that that the long term future of these tall creatures can be secured.

>The success in keeping giraffe numbers high in Southern Africa has much to do with the management of game parks for tourists say experts, who believe that the extra attention that the IUCN listing will now attract will benefit the species.

>"South Africa is a good example of how you can manage wildlife, there is a lot of moving of animals between different conservation areas, it is a very different scenario than in most of the rest of Africa." said Chris Ransom from the Zoological Society of London.

>"I think giraffes can survive, with the right conservation efforts, and we can ensure that the animals do live in the wild. There are a lot of cases of success in conservation. The giraffes could be one."

>The latest edition of the IUCN Red List now contains over 85,000 species in total with more than 24,000 threatened with extinction. Over 700 newly recognised bird species have been added, with 11% of them on the edge of survival.

>One bird, the Antioquia wren has been listed as "endangered" as more than half of its habitat in Colombia could be wiped out by proposed dam.

>Invasive species on islands are also seen as a threat for many birds including the Pagan reed-warbler and the Laysan honeycreeper.

>The publication also includes the first assessment of crops including wild oats, barley, mango and other wild relative plants.

>"Many species are slipping away before we can even describe them," says IUCN Director General Inger Andersen. "This IUCN Red List update shows that the scale of the global extinction crisis may be even greater than we thought."

tl;dr

>>125513
lol ok, nice bump

The hyenas are the only species that will survive and adapt to hunt the humans. I can't think of another species that can weather our "storm".

Nah, these things aren't worth more than another few hundred million productive Africans. Can't replace European populations with zebra.

>>124689
>Giraffes are endangered
>posts a Hippo

>>125534
>productive

I blame niggers, but Chinks probably also have a hand in it.

>>124689
>facing 'silent extinction'
So do White people but you don't see world being worried about White Genocide

>>125677
I tend to lean this direction too. They were always barbaric and committed genocide for centuries. They said this sudden dip has happened recently, only the past 30 years or less.

Chinks probably think you can eat neck flesh and grow taller or some shit.

poor care

>>125690
this is probably less common for the Chinese who actually move all the way to Africa, learning a different language and learning to rule as overlord raises you common sense a little bit

Good. Fucking long necked bastards.

>>125682
>500 million+
>extinction
Whites are a subset of Caucasians, what do you expect their numbers to be? Billions?

>>124689
>97,000
That still seems pretty fucking good compared to a lot of famous species. Lions, tigers, and gorillas are all less than 20,000.

>>125682
>>125741

Is it against the rules to derail the thread with /pol/baiting posts like this? Like, if we report the original post before there are too many replies, will the mods prune it?

>>125741
stop replying to obvious bait.
it's not anything -icide unless it is accomplished by means of deliberate killing of members of the group.
my death isn't somehow the world committing genocide against me
learn yourself some latin root words.

>>125742
predators are obviously going to be in smaller numbers

>>125742
the numbers of individual predators is always smaller than the number of prey animals, he ratio depends on how much food the prey has as well as how many predators, and how good the predators are at hunting the prey.
for prey 97k isn't that much.

>>125517
> I can't think of another species that can weather our "storm".
Honey badger?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlalDNxccw

>>125677
>>125690
>>125694


Why the fuck are people so edgy?

heard about this very sad

>>126027
It's like exercise, sorta.

>>126027
Spotted the gook.

>>126027
Africa has enough monkey's already.

>>125748
/news/ is /pol/, get over it.

>>126127

Fuck no it ain't

>>124689
>over the past 30 years
Nigga you high

>>126127
it used to be.

>>125748
STFU&BTFO Giraffe Lover, /pol/ is declaring a Coup D'etat on Current News. You are now our state media and you refer to me as the great teacher, and Supreme Commander

>>126125
And your mother fucked them all, even the ones with opposable thumbs

>>124689
fauna in africa are going to be supremely fucked as the native population continues to rise at an insane rate.

>>126221
Your autism is showing. This is a new discussion board, not a fuckin country. Get over yourself dude.