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The newsletters of the IUCN/SSC ASG International Giraffe Working Group (IGWG) are intended to provide a forum and outlet for a more coordinated and targeted integration of knowledge on the species - both in- and ex-situ, with the intention of feeding back findings to decision makers, whether they be IUCN, government, local community based natural resource programs or zoo's.

Volume 3, Issue 2 2009

  Volume 3, Issue 2 2009

The fifth newsletter of the IGWG contains interesting insight into the following:

  • The Ins and Outs of the Sivatherium snout
  • Brookfield Zoo giraffe program
  • Wildlife in Uganda
  • Faecal progesterone concentrations
  • Tall Tails—Updates from the giraffe world
  • Captive giraffe science
  • Recently published research
 

 

 
Volume 3, Issue 1 2009

  Volume 3, Issue 1 2009

The fourth newsletter of the IGWG contains interesting insight into the following:

  • Population Habitat and Viability Analysis of the West African giraffe
  • Illegal hunting of giraffe in Tanzania
  • Giraffes of the Garamba National Park, DRC
  • The Advantages of Proactive Reinforcement Training with Captive Giraffe
  • The behaviour of reticulated giraffe in the Laikipia, Kenya
  • And much much more

 
Volume 2, Issue 1 2008

  Volume 2, Issue 1 2008

The third newsletter of the IGWG contains interesting insight into the following:How many species of giraffe are there and why should we care?

  • Giraffes of Niger, 2007 census and perspectives
  • Giraffes in Europe
  • Hand-rearing a giraffe at Miama Metro Zoo
  • Tall Tails - Updates from the giraffe world
  • Notes from the captive community
  • Recently published research

 
Volume 1, Issue 2 2007

  Volume 1, Issue 2 2007

The second newsletter of the IGWG contains interesting insight into the following:

  • GiD: development of the Giraffe Database and species status report
  • Giraffe Taxonomy: Patterns of Subspecies Diversity in the Giraffe
  • The Niger giraffe G. c. peralta: an overview
  • Giraffe of Niger-2006 census
  • Notes from the captive community and wild
  • Recently published research

 
Volume 1, Issue 1 2006

  Volume 1, Issue 1 2006

The first newsletter of the IGWG contains interesting insight into the following:

  • The ecology of Namibia's desert-dwelling giraffe
  • Conserving evolutionary potential in the giraffe
  • The giraffes in Niger are the last in all West Africa
  • Recently published research