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Woman posing with slain giraffe causes anger online

Images of a Kentucky hunter posing with the body of a giraffe she killed in South Africa have triggered an online backlash after going viral on social media.
News Lens • 06 Jul 18

Concern over 'silent extinction' of giraffes

Giraffe numbers have declined by as much as 40% since the 1980s in a "silent extinction" driven by illegal hunting and an expansion of farmland in Africa, the Red List of endangered species has reported.
giraffe • 08 Dec 16

Tesco agrees sale of Turkish business and Giraffe

Tesco has agreed the sale of its Turkish business and Giraffe restaurant chain in the UK as the retailer continues its reshaping under chief executive Dave Lewis.
Business • 10 Jun 16

Danish zoo puts down two lions and their cubs

The Copenhagen zoo that sparked international outrage by putting down a healthy giraffe and dissecting it in public has killed two lions and their two cubs to make way for a new male.
News • 25 Mar 14

Second Danish zoo may kill healthy giraffe

Just days after a Copenhagen zoo sparked global outrage by putting down a healthy giraffe named Marius, another Danish zoo says it may do the same thing.
News • 14 Feb 14

Gilmore says childcare allegations 'shocking'

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has described allegations of poor standards of care in some creches as shocking and deeply disappointing.
News • 23 May 13

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