Giraffes
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‘A dark day’: Kenya’s rare white giraffes found slaughtered by poachersThe snow-white pair were missing for four months before their bones were found.TrendingMar 11, 2020
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Pioneering Toronto zoologist recounts career after news of Order of Canada appointmentAt the end of December, Governor General Julie Payette announced Anne Innis Dagg will be appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to the modern scientific understanding of the giraffe.CanadaJan 7, 2020
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First abandoned by his mother, then befriended by a concerned dog: Jazz the baby giraffe has diedThe baby giraffe had arrived a few weeks ago, just days after birth. A farmer found him in the wild, weak and dehydrated, and called the center for help.EnvironmentDec 6, 2019
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Pioneering female zoologist and conservationist featured in giraffe documentaryAnne Innis Dagg may not be a household name like other women who devoted their lives to similar fields of study, but her 1956 solo trip to South Africa pre-dates even icons like Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, and was an unprecedented accomplishment at the time.EntertainmentApr 7, 2019
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Giraffes put on extinction watch listGiraffe numbers have declined by as much as 40 percent since the 1980s in a "silent extinction" driven by illegal hunting and an expansion of farmland in Africa.EnvironmentDec 7, 2016
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PETA claims giraffe shot several times with BB gun at Bowmanville ZooThe OSPCA is investigating claims a staff member at the Bowmanville Zoo repeatedly shot a giraffe with a BB gun.CanadaJul 20, 2016
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San Diego giraffe delivers stillborn calf en route to Calgary ZooOfficials said after the still birth, the mother giraffe was “assessed by a zoo veterinarian at which point the animal was cleared to continue on.”CanadaJun 30, 2016
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Hunter Rebecca Francis on giraffe hunt uproar: ‘I do not regret it for one second’No matter what Ricky Gervais and other critics on Twitter have to say, big-game hunter Rebecca Francis has no regrets about the giraffe she shot and killed in 2010.WorldApr 16, 2015
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