10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The annual number of rhino poached in South Africa last year rose to 1,215, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa told a media briefing in Pretoria two weeks ago. On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide.

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them. A few dozen shots later, I stop and reach for binoculars – I want to observe and enjoy them.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 185

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Most likely orphaned by poachers who killed her mother for profit, the one-year-old baby is believed to have been subsequently attacked by local Maasai tribesmen who were angry about losing their traditional grazing land to the park. The spear had penetrated ten inches, rupturing her sinuses, which prevented her from using her trunk to drink.

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Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100