The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Electronic Theses and Dissertations Fogler Library Spring 3-26-2020 Human-Giraffe Interactions: Characterizing Poaching and Use of Parts as a Threat to Giraffe in Northern Kenya Kirstie Ruppert University of Maine,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd Part of the Environmental Studies Commons, and the Social Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Ruppert, Kirstie, "Human-Giraffe Interactions: Characterizing Poaching and Use of Parts as a Threat to Giraffe in Northern Kenya" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3177. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3177 This Open-Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. HUMAN-GIRAFFE INTERACTIONS: CHARACTERIZING POACHING AND USE OF PARTS AS A THREAT TO GIRAFFE IN NORTHERN KENYA By Kirstie A. Ruppert B.S. University of California, Los Angeles, 2012 M.A. Miami University, 2015 A DISSERTATION Summitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology & Environmental Sciences The Graduate School University of Maine May 2020 Advisory Committee: Dr. Carly Sponarski, Assistant Professor of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, Advisor Dr. Jenny Glikman, Associate Director at San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research Dr. Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Associate Professor of Nature-based Tourism Dr. Caroline Noblet, Associate Professor of Economics Dr. Laura Rickard, Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism © 2020 Kirstie Ruppert ii HUMAN-GIRAFFE INTERACTIONS: CHARACTERIZING POACHING AND USE OF PARTS AS A THREAT TO GIRAFFE IN NORTHERN KENYA By Kirstie A.