Harshadkumar P.
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Garamba National Park sits on DRC’s border with South Sudan. Political instability in South Sudan has made protecting giraffes from poaching even more challenging, with armed groups coming across the border to hunt as part of the illegal wildlife trade. Since 2013, it has also brought an influx of almost 90,000 refugees into the immediate vicinity of Garamba alone. Despite the local population’s efforts to protect the giraffe, the illegal wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar industry, and the poaching of giraffes is still a problem.