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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jane Dalton

Giraffe genitalia among hundreds of body parts imported by trophy hunters

Wildlife hunters took home nearly 1,800 giraffe body parts “trophies” in a year – including from more than 100 animals specially bred in captivity to be shot, it’s been revealed.

Whole skins, bones, skulls, feet and tails were all popular with wealthy hunters who paid to shoot giraffes – but one even tried to smuggle back home genitalia from an animal they had shot.

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