To many people's surprise, the United States is part of the problem. Between 2006 and 2015, the United States imported 21,402 giraffe-bone carvings, 3,008 giraffe-skin pieces and 3,744 giraffe hunting ...

The giraffe has a rare genetic condition called leucism, which causes the loss of skin pigmentation. He is thought to be the last of his kind, after poachers killed two of his family members in March.

More than 40,000 giraffe parts—including giraffe skin, bone, hair and tails— were imported into the U.S. between 2006 and 2016 to create goods like pillows, boots, knife handles and other ...