10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

offered me a glass of Campari liqueur and there we were, enveloped by the tranquility of a sunset in a thorny savanna observing a rhino lowering its massive head to the water. White Rhino lifespan is 40 to 50 years, but I am wondering if “my” rhino is still alive? Cover photo: White Rhinoceros, Wikimedia Commons.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

When zoo keepers saw that the baby was not eating and having trouble gaining weight, they made the decision to hand-raise him. The new cub was born at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens to a mother who wasn’t able to care for him. Now, at a little more than two pounds, the cub is eating well, getting stronger and eagerly exploring his new home.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better policy: between 2013 and 2017, well over a thousand rhinos were annually poached in South Africa.

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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. Sniffing us. A flock of Red-billed Oxpeckers is flying above.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 14, 2011

Although this is Busch Gardens’ first cub-and-puppy combo, it is not uncommon in the zoological community for a single cheetah to be raised with a canine companion. Male cheetahs are social and often live together in coalitions,” said Tim Smith, one of Busch Gardens’ animal curators.

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