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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

10,000 Birds

On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide. A pair of screeching Blacksmith Lapwings was flying around as six Burchell’s Zebras were quenching their thirst, suspiciously observing surroundings every now and then.

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

4 The Love Of Animals

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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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

10,000 Birds

Attempting to bluff the bear in believing that they were even bigger bears, Hoshino suggested raising their hands, to appear taller. Lucky and his instructor were successful in bluffing this particular bear, yet the very next year in the same area, Hoshino was killed by a Brown Bear. Zebra finch, Taeniopygia (Poephila) guttata.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 2 of 13

Animal Ethics

Since animals cannot be judged morally praiseworthy or blameworthy, the question of whether it is morally wrong for them to eat meat cannot be raised. This becomes especially true when one realizes that vegetarians often argue that a reason that it is prima facie wrong to eat animals is that animals must be killed to provide the food.

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Shadows of Africa

10,000 Birds

The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them. Sniffing us.

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