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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

10,000 Birds

Fast-forward to the present murky sky and the 1,215 rhino butchered last year. Conservation Africa Mammals poaching South Africa' My eyes will be returning to the lonely acacia next to a waterhole, trying to spot a large shadow in the sunset. White Rhino lifespan is 40 to 50 years, but I am wondering if “my” rhino is still alive?

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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

I say they were butchered, face-off. Africa), Hwange (Zimbabwe) and, recently, in Chobe national park in Botswana (the one that was considered so safe that the Clintons have visited it as a presidential couple)! Even worse is the situation with Forest Elephants Loxodonta cyclotis of jungles of Central and West Africa. One may say so.

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