• The gentle giants are tracked down and killed so tourists can take home pictures showing they have killed the animals
• Entire families go on the hunts and appear to relish having their pictures taken with the dead giraffe
• The animals are near extinction and are no longer found in countries like Nigeria, Mali and Angola
• Tourist hunters often take the skin home or get taxidermists to mount the heads so they can be taken home as trophies

• The hunts typically last three-to-five days and sees tourists using .458 Winchester Magnum rifles to kill the animals

• It is legal to hunt the giraffes in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia - where they have greater numbers of giraffes

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