Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya
Rangers found the carcasses of a female and her calf in a village in north-eastern Kenya.
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Two extremely rare white giraffes have been killed by poachers in north-eastern Kenya, conservationists say.
Rangers had found the carcasses of the female and her calf in a village in north-eastern Kenya's Garissa County.
A third white giraffe is still alive. It is thought to be the only remaining one in the world, the conservationists added.
Their white appearance is due to a rare condition called leucism, which causes skin cells to have no pigmentation.
News of the white giraffes spread across the world after they were photographed in 2017.
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The conservancy is in a vast unfenced area. There are also villages within the conservancy.
White giraffes were first spotted in Kenya in March 2016, about two months after a sighting in neighbouring Tanzania, the conservancy says on its website.
Some 40% of the giraffe population has disappeared in the last 30 years and poaching for meat and skin continues, according to the Africa Wildlife Foundation .
The population went from around 155,000 in 1985 to 97,000 in 2015, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Video from 2017:
Rare White Giraffe Discovered
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Why These Giraffes Are Completely White
Spotted in Kenya, the adult and baby likely suffer from a genetic condition that isn’t albinism.
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Rare White Giraffes Cause a Stir in Kenya (Published 2017)
A conservancy captured video footage of the mother and child after a villager tipped off rangers.
