ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 9月22日 19時39分

Photo by Beverly Joubert @beverlyjoubert | Giraffes quenching their thirst is not often a speedy affair. Those long necks, so well adapted for getting to the tastiest leaves on the highest branches, make getting to the ground a cumbersome and vulnerable affair. These Maasai giraffe were recently listed as endangered by the IUCN, as they have lost half their population over the past three decades, largely due to habitat loss and poaching— a trend that has been seen across most giraffe subspecies. But this decline has now been recognized, and they've just been given formal protection for the first time as well. The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have listed giraffes on Appendix II, thereby ending unregulated trade. Their challenges are far from over, but trade regulations do make a difference. Hopefully this will give giraffes a bit more of a break while we tackle the other issues surrounding habitat degradation and their slow, silent decline. #ThisIsMyTrophy #MaasaiGiraffe #EndangeredSpecies

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