Red Alert for Giraffes!

Giraffes have been widely overlooked in conservation practices for a little too long. They just made their entry into the Red List of endangered species.

Two subspecies of giraffes were recently added to the list of "critically endangered" species for the first time ever, as per the latest report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which administers the world's official endangered species list. The IUCN reported on Saturday that they have moved the giraffe from the list of 'Least Concern' to that of 'Vulnerable' status in their Red List of Threatened Species report.