New study splits giraffe experts on future wild captures for zoos

Mongabay
Dec 18, 2025, 3:05 pm106 pts
In the vast savanna grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa towers the giraffe, draped in mosaics of brown and tan patches. Long regarded as a single species, this iconic African megafauna was recently reclassified by the global wildlife conservation authority IUCN into four distinct species: the northern (Giraffa…

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