We can all help secure a better future for giraffes!

People all over the world LOVE giraffes. What are some things that you can do to help protect giraffes and their habitats? Let’s find out!

• Become aware! Once we know a problem exists, we can work to fix it.

 

• Join a nature club, like the Junior Giraffe Club:

 

• Share your knowledge! Teach others what you’ve learned about giraffes and their conservation needs.

 

• Don’t buy giraffe body parts and help change laws that allow importation of giraffe parts into your country. Click here for more information.

• Support sustainable eco-tourism: visit the places where giraffes live in the wild and help support local economies.

• Support giraffe research and conservation projects: fundraise, donate, or volunteer.

 

• Ask your local zoo if they have a giraffe conservation program you can support.

 

• Become a citizen scientist, researcher, or conservationist.
  Check out Kait’s story, as she pursues her passion to study giraffes. Click here!

• Support habitat restoration projects in giraffe range states.

• Help protect and restore habitat where you live – you may not live near giraffes, but the earth is interconnected and protecting habitat where you live is a great way to do your part!

This celebration of World Giraffe Week is brought to you in partnership with the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation and the Wild Nature Institute.

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