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Giraffes in war-torn South Sudan keep healthy gene pool
Original: In war-torn South Sudan, giraffes retain a surprisingly healthy gene pool
New reporting from South Sudan finds that giraffe populations there, despite decades of civil war and poaching pressure, retain a surprisingly healthy and genetically diverse gene pool. Researchers suggest the animals' remote range, straddling vast wetlands and areas long inaccessible to humans, has shielded them from the population crashes seen elsewhere in Africa. Conservationists say the finding offers a rare piece of good news for a species under threat across the continent.
Why now: Fresh research offering rare positive conservation news from a country better known for conflict
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