Niger rare giraffe population makes a comeback

NIAMEY: The last West African giraffes, now living in the wild only in southwestern Niger, are making a comeback with numbers standing at 310 last year, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.
Only 50 of them, their lowest number, was recorded in 1996.
The 'giraffa camelopardalis peralta', distinguished by its light-coloured spots and found only in the Sahel, was nearly extinct when a campaign was launched to protect it from poachers.