_____ nation has initiated the step towards listing giraffes as threatened species ?

a) Australia
b) United States
c) New Zealand
d) South Africa

The Trump administration has taken a first step toward extending protections for giraffes under the Endangered Species Act. The move comes after legal pressure from environmental groups. Biologists have warned for years that the world’s tallest land mammal is at increasing risk of extinction from habitat loss, poaching and other threats.