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That. >> reporter: but it is not just for the thrills. it is critical for conservation. >> he's a bit greedy. >> reporter: conservation because people have no idea giraffes are fighting for their survival. so seldom spoken about, it's known as the silent extinction. >> so the giraffe is disappearing from people themselves, from predators, from climate change. >> reporter: poachers have them for meat and even their tails, believing it gives them power. humans have encroached on giraffe land. captured in these horrific images. numbers of the giraffe have dwindled to such an extent, they are on t...

>> good. >> good. >> reporter: officers worry about the nightmare scenario with more than 100,000 fans on campus. >> there is also the threat of an active shooter or an armed subject coming on to campus and causing death or great bodily harm to the community there. >> reporter: do you think that oupd is adequately staffed to handle any situation like that? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: an increased fear with decreasing resources. omar viafranka. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, inflation pushes up the price of christmas trees. also, the fight to save these beautiful creatures disappear...

Par ehanc toanonal. >> go it. >> reporter: such a surreal experience, a giraffe sticking its head through a window, waking up to that. but it's not just for the thrills. it is critical for conservation. this conservationist says people have no idea giraffe are fighting for their survival, so seldom spoken about, it's known as the "silent extinction." >> the giraffe is basically under threat from all corners, from people themselves, from predators, from climate change. >> reporter: poachers hunt them for bush meat, and even their tails, believing it gives them power. humans have also encroached...

Platypus population worries following Queensland and NSW floods. Ecologists advise residents to watch platypuses amid signs of a "serious drop" in Ipswich.

There have been urgent requests for a national response after an invasive fungus that is harming some of Australia's most ecologically significant tree species spread to Western Australia and flourished in the moist conditions along the country's east causing a silent extinction.