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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

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On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide. Fast-forward to the present murky sky and the 1,215 rhino butchered last year.

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I Remember Elephants

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In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. I say they were butchered, face-off. Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. Steven had no binoculars, but impressively sharp eyes and great knowledge of birds.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

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Greg Lawrence is a long-time friend of 10,000 Birds and a birding machine in the Rochester, New York, area. When he reached out to ask if he could contribute a piece to 10,000 Birds about about the ethics around the current Snowy Owl irruption in the central and eastern United States we were all for it!

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