Giraffes risk facing 'silent extinction'

Giraffe wildlife is at risk and could be at the brink of facing a "silent extinction," according to nature conservationists. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists giraffe's as "vulnerable" and has called for action to halt the decline of the population. Nearly 40 percent of the world's giraffe population has declined in the last three decades, IUCN said. In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes, but number severely declined in 2015 to 97,562, The decline in population can be attributed to habitat loss and illegal hunting.