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NATION/WORLD Thursday, December 8, 2016 East Oregonian Page 7A Giraffes, rarer than elephants, put on extinction watch list By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON — The giraffe, the tallest land animal, is now at risk of extinction, biologists say. Because the giraffe population has shrunk nearly 40 percent in just 30 years, scientists put it on the official watch list of threatened and endangered species world- wide, calling it “vulnerable.” That’s two steps up the danger ladder from its previous designation of being a species of least concern. In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes but in 2015 the number was down to 97,562, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). At a biodiversity meeting Wednesday in Mexico, the IUCN increased the threat level for 35 species and lowered the threat level for AP Photo/Ben Curtis In this photo taken Nov. 27, a giraffe walks past acacia trees in Nairobi National Park, Kenya. seven species on its “Red List” of threatened species, considered by scientists the official list of what animals and plants are in danger of disappearing. The giraffe is the only mammal whose status changed on the list this year. Scientists blame habitat loss. While everyone worries about elephants, Earth has four times as many pachyderms as giraffes, said Julian Fennessy and Noelle Kumpel, co-chairs of the specialty group of biologists that put the giraffe on the IUCN Red List. They both called what’s happening to giraffes a “silent extinction.” “Everyone assumes giraffes are everywhere,” said Fennessy, co-director of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. But they’re not, Fennessy said. Until recently, biolo- gists hadn’t done a good job assessing giraffes’ numbers and where they can be found, and they have been lumped into one broad species instead of nine separate subspecies. “There’s a strong tendency to think that familiar species (such as giraffes, chimps, etc.) must be OK because they are familiar and we see them in zoos,” said Duke University conservation biologist Stuart Pimm, who wasn’t part of the work and has criticized the IUCN for not putting enough species on the threat list. “This is dangerous.” Fennessy blamed shrinking living space as the main culprit in the declining giraffe population, worsened by poaching and disease. People are moving into giraffe areas especially in central and eastern Africa. Giraffe numbers are plunging most in central and eastern Africa and are being offset by increases in southern Africa, he said. This has fragmented giraffe populations, making them shrink in size with wild giraffes gone from seven countries — Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Guinea, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria and Senegal, said Kumpel of the Zoological Society of London. The IUCN says 860 plant and animal species are extinct, and another 68 are extinct in the wild. Nearly 13,000 are endangered or critically endangered. The next level is vulnerable, where giraffes were placed, followed by near threatened and least concerned. The status of two snake species worsened. The ornate ground snake, which lives on the tiny island of Saint Thursday Morning OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The fire that killed 36 people during a party at an Oakland warehouse started on the ground floor and quickly raged, with smoke billowing into the second level and trapping victims whose only escape route was through the flames, federal investigators said Wednesday. “The occupants were consumed by smoke before they could get out of the building,” said Jill Snyder, special agent in charge of the San Francisco office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. She also confirmed there were no sprinklers or fire alarm system in the building. Military targets handling of misconduct cases WASHINGTON (AP) — Military leaders are trying to fix the lengthy, inconsistent process for investigating senior officers accused of misconduct, The Associated Press has learned. They are seeking to change a hodgepodge system in which investigations can drag on for years while taxpayers pay six-figure salaries to officers relegated to mid-level administrative posts. Trust in the disciplinary system “is strained,” the chiefs of the four military services said in a memo to Defense Secretary Ash Carter. The memo was obtained by The Associated Press. The chiefs said they planned to set up a task force to study the issue. It would be created by the end of the year and likely include former members of the military, lawmakers, and former investigators or inspectors general. The PBS ABC NBC CBS FOX PBS ABC NBC CBS FOX PM 12:30 Paid Pat. Court 12 O'Clock News NameG. Bold & B. News Bold & B. Voyager Paid KGW New Paid The Chew The Chew Charlie Rose (31) KTNW (59) OPB 13 Landscap Hubert 11 KPTV 3 (19) KEPR 2 KOIN 19 (25) KNDU 6 KGW 8 (42) KVEW 4 KATU 5 (11) KFFX 6 STATION FOX (11) KFFX KPTV CBS (19) KEPR KOIN NBC (25) KNDU 7 AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 Good Day Spokane Good Day Oregon CBS This Morning (N) CBS This Morning (N) Today Show Taraji P. Henson, Sheryl Sandberg Today Show Taraji P. 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The court said Stein, who finished fourth in Michigan on Nov. 8, didn’t have a chance of winning even after a recount and therefore isn’t an “aggrieved” candidate. “Because there is no basis for this court to ignore the Michigan court’s ruling and make an independent judgment regarding what the Michigan Legislature intended by the term ‘aggrieved,’ plaintiffs have not shown an entitlement to a recount,” Goldsmith said. panel would be charged with providing specific proposals within 10 months. The memo said the service leaders have concerns about “our internal processes to respond promptly and equitably when there are accusations of misconduct.” There are no real policy guidelines or regulations that govern where the officers go and what jobs they can hold while they wait for investigations to end. 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