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Protecting Giraffes

Conservationists announced plans Wednesday to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to force action on their petition to extend Endangered Species Act protections to Africa’s rapidly dwindling population of giraffes.

WASHINGTON — Conservationists announced plans Wednesday to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to force action on their petition to extend Endangered Species Act protections to Africa’s rapidly dwindling population of giraffes.

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