Almost 40,000 giraffe parts have been imported into the United States in the last decade. It is the equivalent of almost 4,000 giraffes. Researchers have found giraffe products for sale in nearly 52 parts of the US The most common products were giraffe skin boots and specialty knives made from giraffe bone.
The world's giraffe population has dropped 40% since 1990 . Right now there are less than 100,000 in the world. In March, giraffes were moved to a list of vulnerable species, one level below those of endangered.
