Poaching Loss
The world’s last female white giraffe and one of its calves have been killed by armed poachers in Kenya, leaving only one of the slain female’s white offspring still alive.
The mother was first spotted in eastern Kenya’s Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in 2017.
Their alabaster coats were caused by leucism, which is different from albinism, as dark pigments continue to grow in the animals’ soft tissues, giving them dark eyes.
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