Lawsuits Prompt United States to Consider Protecting Giraffes

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After lawsuits from various Conservation Groups, the United States Fish and Wildlife Services is considering adding giraffes to the Endangered Species Act. The 2018 lawsuit demands a response from a 2017 petition asking that giraffes be listed under the ESA act which would ultimately lead to significant conservation efforts that giraffe's desperately need.

Giraffe populations have plunged nearly 40% in 30 years due to civil unrest, habitat loss, poaching, trophy hunting, and fragmentation. Even knowing this, the United States is one of the largest importers of giraffe parts in the form of trophies, trinkets, and other products with approximately one giraffe trophy coming into the United States every day. In fact, the United States has imported nearly 21, 200 bone carvings, 3, 000 skin pieces, and 3, 700 hunting trophies in the past 10 years. All of this knowing that giraffe populations have dropped lower than that of wild elephants and yet they remain unprotected.

I think this story is alarming in many ways and demonstrates a complete lack of concern for the survival of a species in favour of ridiculous giraffe products and gun / hunting enthusiasts. As I've said countless times before, the Trump administration is heavily funded by the NRA and hunting associations and knowing this, his administration has repeatedly worked against animals in favour of trophy hunters.

The United States and their obsession with guns and hunting are putting several animals at risk of becoming extinct. The administration recently allowed hunting trophies from lions and elephants from Africa into the country under less strict conditions which works directly against conservation efforts in Africa. Giraffe's specifically have fallen to dangerously low numbers and the United States continues to allow these beautiful creatures to be hunted for sport by wealthy gun lobbyists who claim to pay this money towards conservation. It's bullshit and evidently, the numbers don't lie, giraffe's are suffering and they must act now to protect them.

It's astounding to me that the only reason the United States even begins to care about animals is because they are being sued by animal welfare and conservation groups. I can't even begin to describe how disgusted I am that it takes lawsuits to accept that a species is facing extinction. I can't help but wonder if these hunting perverts have considered what they will do when they've hunted all of these animals to extinction? These cheap thrills they experience will cost an entire species its existence and then what? What will they hunt when they've hunted them all to death?

Trophy hunting is repulsive and justifies a person's desire to kill. This sick desire to shoot and end the life of another living creature for fun is despicable and in my opinion, indicative of serious mental issues. I mean, even before I stopped eating meat over 17 years ago, I never once thought it would be exciting or fun to shoot an animal and watch it die in front of me. It takes an especially twisted person to enjoy something like that especially when it comes to endangered animals.

The US Fish and Wildlife Services has 12 months to respond to the lawsuits and decide whether giraffes deserve ESA protections. Take the time to contact them through social media and demand they do their part to help giraffes instead of catering to hunting perverts!

Here is their official website to contact
www.fws.gov/duspit/contactus.htm

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