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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes a baby white rhinoceros!

4 The Love Of Animals

Kisiri, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos. and around the world, including $194,000 USD grants to rhino conservation projects.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

The penguins are well cared for by the South African powers that be–the national parks system and the Southern African National Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), which rescues damaged penguins and other seabirds. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators.