Poachers have killed two extremely rare white giraffes in northeast Kenya, leaving just one such animal in the world.
The white appearance of the giraffe is due to leucism, a genetic condition that causes skin cells to have no pigmentation.
Leucism is different from albinism where no melanin is produced at all.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had classified giraffes as vulnerable in the Red List in December 2016.
According to IUCN, the four principal factors that have led to a population decline among giraffes are habitat loss, civil unrest, poaching and ecological issues.