http://www.giraffeconservation.org The most recent posts from GCF's website. en-us http://www.giraffeconservation.org/images/general/gcf_rss_logo.gif http://www.giraffeconservation.org 130 104 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:22:48 -0600 2012 15 When visiting Tierpark Berlin, Andy Tutchings and his family had a close encounter with giraffe thanks to Florian Sicks, Curator of Mammology and GCF Zoological Management Associate. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=7 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=7 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:11:02 -0600 Not one but two articles on giraffe made it into the latest Explorers Club Journal with articles from GCF’s Andy Tutchings and IGWG’s Derek E. Lee. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=57 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=57 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:37:17 -0600 Dr Julian Fennessy is on a mission to West Africa in order to support the African Wildlife Foundation in further developing their giraffe (and elephant) conservation and management programme in this part of Africa. On route he is taking the time to blog about his experiences, adventures and challenges. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=6 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=6 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:21:28 -0600 Who would have thought that GCF would have been invited to a two-day meeting together with some of the best known southern Africa's wildlife experts - a who's who in the trade, to discuss and decipher a way forward around the declining numbers of wildlife in northern Botswana. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=28&prjid=2&bpid=46 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=28&prjid=2&bpid=46 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:35:36 -0600 I did not know what to expect when I arrived in Etosha National Park, Namibia three months ago to study giraffe. I had never been to Namibia, studied giraffe, or managed my own research but I guess everybody has to start somewhere. I was armed with a project on population dynamics, a Fulbright grant, and the help of one Dr. Julian Fennessy (giraffe expert extraordinaire), to help me figure out this whole giraffe thing. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=148&prjid=11&bpid=45 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=148&prjid=11&bpid=45 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:36:26 -0600 The controversial topic of giraffe trophy hunting takes centre stage by the UK's Daily Mail Online edition under the title "Is this really fun for the family". Wealthy tourist trophy hunters from around the world are paying thousands of pounds to shoot giraffes in Africa. Click on the title for the full story reprinted. GCF's Dr. Julian Fennessy is extensively quoted articulating the hunting situation, other giraffe threats such as poaching and why GCF was formed. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=56 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=56 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:49:39 -0600 We would like to thank everyone who has been in contact since a number of media outlets circulated an article on giraffe trophy hunting earlier this month. We appreciate the level of concern raised by the article and accompanying photographs. We would therefore like to reassure concerned members of the public as well as all the supporters of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) that GCF does NOT actively support trophy hunting. Nor do we receive any support from trophy hunting operators. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=55 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=55 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:34:07 -0600 Giraffe numbers have nearly halved since the late 1990s from approx. 140,000 to less than 80,000 giraffe across Africa. This decline in numbers is due mainly to habitat loss, habitat segmentation, human population growth and illegal hunting. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=54 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=54 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:28:01 -0600 GCF Research Associate JP Suraud successfully defended his PhD research at the University of Lyon and was awarded his doctorate in December 2011. JP conducted the field research for his PhD thesis in Niger, where he studied the population dynamics, home range and genetics of the last remaining West African giraffe population, Giraffa camelopardalis peralta . The project received financial and technical support from GCF over a number of years. With only approx. 250 West African giraffe remaining in the wild, JP's work was integral for having this subspecies listed as an endangered population on the IUCN Red List. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=52 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_news.php?lang=en&pgid=52 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:10:21 -0600 History was made on Monday 4 July 2011 when delegates from across the world convened for the opening of the world’s first ever Wild Giraffe Conference, or Indaba (Zulu word meaning meeting).     That such a meeting had never been held before, and with news received that day that Botswana’s giraffe population figures had plummeted some 65% in the last 10 years, the Indaba’s title Giraffe the Forgotten Megafauna was completely justified.   Here is the Blog of this unique ground breaking event.  http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=5 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=5 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:18:02 -0500 An example of how to catch and GPS collar a giraffe. This was taken in Feb 2010 during the GCF sponsored collaring expedition of the world's rarest giraffe (sub)species, the West African giraffe which live in a small and extremely isolated pocket east of Niger's capital city, Niamey. Featured are the Niger giraffe project researcher JP Suraud and GCF trustees Julian Fennessy and Andy Tutchings. For more on this project follow the link to 'Our Projects'. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=8 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=8 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:59:20 -0500  Zoe Muller news update http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=111&prjid=4&bpid=43 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=111&prjid=4&bpid=43 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:59:13 -0600 A brief overview of the Namibia Pilot Project and Indaba 'recce', conducted by GCF's Julian Fennessy and Andy Tutchings in October 2010.  http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=3 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=3 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:53:09 -0600 Zoe's blog http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=111&prjid=4&bpid=42 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=111&prjid=4&bpid=42 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:17:14 -0500 Zoe's blog http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=111&prjid=4&bpid=41 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/prj_blog.php?lang=en&cid=111&prjid=4&bpid=41 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:15:52 -0500 A segment from CBBC Newsround 18/08/2010 highlighting the birth of a Rothschild at Longleat, the conservation status of this species of giraffe featuring Greg Edwards from Giraffe Conservation Foundation. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=6 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=6 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:36:41 -0500 This is a short film created by Erik Beckman - an aspiring wildlife film maker, from a private game reserve, Entabeni Wildlife Conservancy, South Africa. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=5 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=5 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:58:12 -0500 For children and scientists alike the extraordinary shape of the giraffe has posed many questions. Why they have such long necks has so far been partly answered. However, exactly how they maintain this neck, and get blood to a head that is two metres from their heart, has remained unknown. Now research reveals that giraffes have a small, powerful, supercharged heart that is different to that possessed by other similar mammals. Scientists have published the discovery in the journal Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=2 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_blogs.php?lang=en&blogid=2 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:40:54 -0600 The last giraffe of West Africa remain in Niger, protected by the government with the support of ASGN (Association to Save the Giraffe). JP Suraud of ASGN and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation(GCF: www.giraffeconservation.org) are working to better understand the ecology of these animals to see how best to save them! http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=4 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=4 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:16 -0500 Julian Fennessy (Giraffe Conservation Foundation www.giraffeconservation.org) introduces to us the sights and sounds of Namibia's desert-dwelling giraffe http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=3 http://www.giraffeconservation.org/our_videos.php?lang=en&pgid=3 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:53:52 -0500