World Giraffe Day is an annual event initiated by GCF to celebrate the tallest animal on the longest day or night (depending on which hemisphere you live!) of the year – 21 June – every year!
World Giraffe Day helps raise support, create awareness and shed light on the challenges giraffe face in the wild. By supporting World Giraffe Day , you directly help save giraffe in Africa. With only approximately 117,000 giraffe remaining in the wild, the time is right to act NOW!
Five Facts about Giraffes
Fact #1:
There are four distinct species of giraffe: Northern giraffe, Southern giraffe, Reticulated giraffe and Masai giraffe.
Fact #2:
Just like human fingerprints, no two giraffe have the same coat pattern.
Fact #3:
The giraffe is the tallest mammal in the world. Even newborn giraffe are taller than most humans.
Fact #4:
Giraffe have lost almost 90% of their habitat in the last 300 years.
Fact #5:
For every four elephant, only one giraffe remains in the wild in Africa—a drop of approximately 30% in the last three and a half decades.
Background
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