Two Of The Last Three White Giraffes In The World Killed By Poachers In Kenya.

[ladybirder]

I wish I hadn't read this.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/kenya-rare-white-giraffes-killed-poachers-a4383966.html

[wolf63]

I am unable to find the words to describe how I feel about this.

:-(

[Mamyalynne]

There are no words - senseless.

[Lie-in King]

Appalling, truly despicable :-(

[naomi24]

I’ve no intention of reading it. Your OP is enough for me. :o((((

[JimF]

And, with that, another species will become extinct. This is just heartbreaking. We really have no business being the dominant species on this planet.

[Canary42]

Not extinct, leucism was the cause and may affect any giraffe.

[JimF]

Er, OK. But if two of the last three of any species left in the world have been killed, that says extinction to me. Or do you reckon that white giraffes are somehow capable of parthenogenesis?

[Mozz71]

Jim, the white giraffes weren't a breed, they were a family line that carried an abnormality that destroys skin pigmentation. I guess the male could carry the gene and pass it on to any offspring.

Not that it takes away from the tragedy of the killing of the mother and calf.

[emmie]

why do it i want to know, what does it gain them...

[david small]

So so sad, mankind that is. Some reach for the heights, some plummet the depths.

[ladybirder]

A mother and her calf. Just heartbreaking.

[Tilly2]

Why? That's all I can say.

[jakep]

[mallyh]

how awful ,such beautiful creatures

[douglas9401]

Why? Superstition, ignorance, money in any order you like.

[ToraToraTora]

*&^%ing bar stewards, I'd execute every one of them.

[pastafreak]

I couldn't read it either...
If there is such a thing as karma, those poachers will meet a nasty fate by way of a lion or 2. They deserve nothing less.

[marval]

I am so sad and angry at the same time. what a dreadful thing to do.

[pixie374]

What, actually was the point?