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Conservation in action
Giraffe Conservation
Giraffe are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. In 2019, Dublin Zoo began providing support for the Nubian Giraffe Conservation Working Group via the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. Recent genetic research carried out by Giraffe Conservation Foundation has found that the Rothschild’s giraffe is genetically similar to the Nubian giraffe with less than 3,000 of this subspecies remaining in the wild. In 2018, the Kenyan Wildlife Service published the “National Recovery and Action Plan for Giraffe in Kenya (2018-2022)” which led to the establishment of the Nubian Giraffe Conservation Working Group. The funding from Dublin Zoo is providing financial support for this group to implement the conservation strategy which includes investigating the current population and genetic viability in addition to identifying new areas in Kenya for Nubian giraffe.
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Giraffe Conservation
Giraffe are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. In 2019, Dublin Zoo began providing support for the Nubian Giraffe Conservation Working Group via the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. Recent genetic research carried out by Giraffe Conservation Foundation has found that the Rothschild’s giraffe is genetically similar to the Nubian giraffe with less than 3,000 of this subspecies remaining in the wild. In 2018, the Kenyan Wildlife Service published the “National Recovery and Action Plan for Giraffe in Kenya (2018-2022)” which led to the establishment of the Nubian Giraffe Conservation Working Group. The funding from Dublin Zoo is providing financial support for this group to implement the conservation strategy which includes investigating the current population and genetic viability in addition to identifying new areas in Kenya for Nubian giraffe.
Rothschild’s Giraffe Project
Prior to 2019, Dublin Zo had been providing support to the Rothschild’s Giraffe Project. This project was established to provide the first-ever scientific survey of Rothschild’s giraffe behaviour, ecology and social structure. The project worked collaboratively with the Kenya Wildlife Service and others to develop a suitable conservation strategy for the Rothschild’s giraffe in East Africa.
Dublin Zoo also participates in the European Endangered Species Breeding Programme for giraffes.