According to a report by Mother Nature Network, wild giraffe populations are plummeting due to poaching and habitat loss,
Mother Nature Network報道稱,由于非法狩獵和棲息地的喪失,野生長頸鹿數量驟降,
with recent survey data showing the mammals' numbers have fallen over 40 percent over the last 30 years.
近期調查數據顯示這種哺乳類動物的數量在過去30年里下降超過40%。

As recently as 1985, about 150,000 wild giraffes were known to exist, now there are fewer than 97,000 according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
據國際自然保護聯盟(IUCN)稱,1985年已知野生長頸鹿約150,000只,如今不足97,000只。
In 2018, the IUCN reportedly issued new listings for seven of nine giraffe subspecies, five of which had never been assessed before,
據報道,2018年IUCN發布長頸鹿亞種新名單,九種長頸鹿亞種中有七種入榜,其中五種此前從未進行過評估,
listing three as "Critically Endangered" or "Endangered," two as "Vulnerable" and one as "Near Threatened."
上榜的三種長頸鹿被列為“極度瀕危”或“瀕危”,兩種被列為“脆弱”,一種被列為“近危物種”。