{
  "id": 13934273,
  "title": "Seriously beautiful photographs of giraffes by the world’s best photographers – we must act now to save these magnificent animals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/seriously-beautiful-photographs-of-giraffes-by-the-worlds-best",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-12T10:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Amateur Photographer",
    "slug": "amateur-photographer",
    "url": "https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo-news/seriously-beautiful-photographs-of-giraffes-by-the-worlds-best-photographers-we-must-act-now-to-save-these-magnificent-animals/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The eleventh book in the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife fundraising series is now available for purchase. Since its inception ten years ago in 2016, this initiative has raised over $1.6 million (£1.28 million) for conservation projects and sold more than 62,000 copies. The Remembering Wildlife creators aim to produce the most visually stunning book on any given species, raising awareness about the challenges faced by that animal while generating funds to protect it. Previous animals featured in the series include lions, elephants, and leopards.\n\nEach Remembering Wildlife book collaborates with the world's top wildlife photographers, who generously donate their images to maximize revenue. For the giraffes book, more than 60 of the world's leading nature photographers contributed their pictures, with all profits going directly to projects protecting giraffes in the wild. Giraffes, the world's tallest animal, have long captivated humans, but recent declines have made their future uncertain.\n\nGiraffes are now extinct in seven African countries and face numerous threats, including habitat loss, fragmentation, human-animal conflict, political instability, and war. Over the past 300 years, giraffe populations have lost nearly 90% of their habitat, and numbers have fallen by up to 40% in the last 40 years. The Remembering Wildlife series aims to bring together breathtaking imagery with moving reflections on these extraordinary animals, allowing readers to pause, reflect, and appreciate the magnificent species.\n\nMargot Raggett MBE, founder and producer of the Remembering Wildlife series, emphasizes that people often assume giraffes are thriving when, in reality, their populations have declined. In certain protected areas, giraffes have become commonplace, but elsewhere, smaller and more isolated populations remain fragile and easily overlooked. The photographs in the book highlight the consequences of habitat loss, fragmentation, agriculture, fences, roads, and human settlement, which increasingly divide ancient migratory routes and isolate giraffe populations.\n\nThe book features poignant images of giraffes affected by drought and West African giraffes relocated by military escort to establish the species in an area where they hadn't been seen for 50 years. One crucial takeaway from the book is that giraffes are not a single species but four distinct species, a recent recognition that has challenged previous beliefs.",
  "summary": "The latest book in the Remembering Wildlife initiative is all about the giraffe The post Seriously beautiful photographs of giraffes by the world’s best photographers – we must act now to save these magnificent animals appeared first on Amateur Photographer .",
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