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"Curiously enough, it [public opinion] is not 'flabby' where giraffe 

 is concerned. The general public like to see their giraffe; and any- 

 body who kills giraffe, unless he does so very quietly, will be re- 

 ported straight away. That is why you can find many giraffe in the 

 settled areas." (Caldwell, 1924, p. 50. ) 



"Governor's permits for the capture of eighteen giraffe on Trans 

 Nzoia were issued during the year. If it is necessary for the numbers 

 of these fine beasts to be reduced in the heart of a settled area 

 and it is necessary, unfortunately, in parts of the Trans Nzoia 

 it is obviously better that zoological societies rather than the hyenas, 

 should reap any incidental benefit. I am sorry to say that mis- 

 fortune attended the catching and subsequent operations." (Ann. 

 Kept. Kenya Game Dept., 1931.) 



"Over the remainder of the Colony [outside of the north and the 

 northwest], in suitable areas, Tippelskirchi is common and widely 

 distributed. Except in part of the thorn country, where they are 

 persecuted by the bush folk a malediction on those elusive gentle- 

 men! their freedom from molestation makes them as tame as the 

 deer in Richmond Park; and they form an ideal subject for the 

 cameras of Sunday snapshot enthusiasts." (Ritchie, in Maydon, 

 1932, p. 253.) 



Giraffes are "on the increase throughout Kenya" (Game Warden, 

 Kenya, in litt., November, 1936) . 



Tanganyika Territory. Matschie (1895, p. 103) gives records 

 for numerous localities in this country. Several cases are mentioned 

 of Giraffes breaking telegraph wires with their long necks. 



The Giraffe "is particularly abundant down to and within the 

 central districts, as Tabora, Kilimatinde, Irangi, Morogoro and 

 Bagamoyo, though more sparsely present in Kondoa-Irangi. It 

 occurs elsewhere also, fairly abundantly, for example, at Namnyere, 

 less freely in Bukoba and Mbeya." (Jour. Soc. Preservation Fauna 

 Empire, pt. 2, p. 49, 1922.) 



During World War I, "in certain districts [of East Africa] the 

 giraffes had to be shot owing to the damage they did to the telegraph 

 wires" (Miss Buxton, 1921, p. 50). 



The British and Indian troops made a great slaughter of Giraffes 

 during the late war (Leplae, 1925, p. 104) . 



"The trade in wildebeeste and giraffe tails amongst natives, for 

 making bangles, has to some extent dwindled" (Ann. Rept. Game 

 Dept., Tanganyika Territory, 1932). 



Giraffes are very numerous in the northern half of the territory. 

 They are also often seen in the southern half but not in the same 

 numbers. There is no danger of extinction. (Game Preservation 

 Department, Tanganyika Territory, in litt., December, 1936.) 



