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Long-term view: The Giraffe Conservation Foundation says the animals are still in trouble in Africa, but there is hope as their numbers are ‘showing a positive upwards trend’. Photo: Johan Swanepoel/Science Photo Library/AFP
AFRICA

Giraffes stick their survival necks out

New assessment puts their numbers in Africa at more than 117 000, up by 20% since 2015.

  • Sheree Bega
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