Wildlife experts warn giraffes now extinct in 7 countries

Experts attending the Convention on the Conservation on Migratory Species of Wild Animals, being held in India, have warned that giraffes have gone extinct in at least seven nations out of the 28 nations in which they used to be found. Two giraffe subspecies, Nubian and Kordofan, are listed as 'Critically Endangered' while the reticulated and Masai giraffe is 'Endangered'.