{"id":167965,"date":"2025-08-10T18:16:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T18:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=167965"},"modified":"2025-08-10T18:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T18:16:39","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-tackling-a-tall-story-a-myopic-focus-on-trophy-hunting-harms-real-giraffe-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=167965","title":{"rendered":"LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Tackling a tall story \u2014 a myopic focus on trophy hunting harms real giraffe conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The gentle giraffe faces multiple threats across Africa. Foremost of these are habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, poaching and climate change. Notably absent from the list of existential threats is legal trophy hunting&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2025-07-16-tackling-a-tall-story-a-myopic-focus-on-trophy-hunting-harms-real-giraffe-conservation\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gentle giraffe faces multiple threats across Africa. 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