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Kenyans Seize Huge Amount of Illegal Ivory

Critter News

So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed. In July, Kenyan authorities intercepted 16 elephant tusks and two rhinoceros horns being illegally exported to Laos from Mozambique.

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Birding the Kruger Park (5): Pafuri area part 1

10,000 Birds

Pafuri lies in the northernmost part of the Kruger National Park and is described as “some of the most potentially productive birding territory in South Africa” on the SANParks website. So, you would have a “Hippopotamus Egret”, a “Rhinoceros Egret” or an “Elephant Bird” ( source ).

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining. Medicinal and commercial uses of ostrich products in Tanzania. Think about it when you feel hard done by life. As the world’s largest living bird, the Ostrich is the topic of many weird and wonderful scientific papers.

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