Dosso Reserve

It is a Partial Faunal Reserve IUCN type IV, established 1 January 1962.

The Dosso reserve exists to protect animals of the W Transborder Park complex, most notably African elephants, Hippos, a number of types of gazelles, and the West African Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis peralta).

This reserve marks the southern end of the migration path of the last sustainable herd of West African Giraffe,[1] who travel north to the region around Kouré (some 80 km southeast of Niamey) in the rainy season.

The tiger bush uplands around Kouré are not within a formal park, but are a center for tourism and Giraffe conservation, and the herds have protected status in Niger.

NGOs near Kouré promoted woodcutting businesses in the late 1990s which have profoundly altered the habitat, and driven some Giraffe to raid local gardens for food, making the protections offered by the Dosso reserve crucial.

A West African Giraffe peeks under an Acacia tree in the tiger bush near Kouré, Niger . This area the marks the northern range of their migration, which runs south to the Dosso Partial Reserve of the Niger River in the Dry season.