10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Black Rhino was also a widespread African denizen occurring throughout the continent, even into desert areas. Seekers of the game-viewing Big Five have more recently relaxed their criteria and generally either Black or White Rhino is counted as a member of the Big Five.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2014

Other 10,000 Birds posts from Pilanesberg include Red-billed Oxpeckers on Rhinos , Diderik Cuckoos, a New Year’s toast and a morning at the hide overlooking Mankwe Dam. The horns of these young males will grow and continue to spiral until they attain the impressive headgear of a dominant male. Birding Impala South Africa'

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. Here and there, eyes are shining, mostly numerous Scrub Hares.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

she shot a rhino (auctioned for conservation). Shot a rhino? On the other hand, I’m pretty dubious about shooting rhinos for conservation. I haven’t read a great deal about her, and know little about her beyond these salient facts: she’s blonde and a cheerleader. she’s Texan.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 223

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2018

In the first full day, we have seen dozens each of giraffes, zebra, warthogs, elephants, 12 rhinos, 30 hippos, 3 Cape Buffalo, crocodiles, jackals, monkeys, baboons, literally a thousand impala, and at least 10 different antelope type animals. The mighty rhino along with the Cattle Egret.

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South Africa Africa Rhinos Mongoose 172

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes its seventh baby white rhino since 2004. The adorable baby, a female, will join other rhinos in the 26-acre white rhino habitat on Busch Gardens’ Serengeti Plain. Busch Gardens has celebrated a total of seventh white rhino births since October 2004.

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Critter News

JANUARY 28, 2010

The worst areas of wildlife crime appear to be in rhino and elephant poaching. Tags: organized crime wildlife crime ivory africa zambia rhino elephants. Zambia's Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources is calling for a greater cooperation between her country's agencies in dealing with this serious issue.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Tags: wildlife crime Nepal poaching rhino endangered species.

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Critter News

MARCH 2, 2009

ZAMBIA Wildlife Authority (Zawa) yesterday arrested four people, including two police officers, in Kafue for trafficking in ivory and rhino horns worth more than K1 billion. 36 elephants?

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Black rhinos are considered endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and are found in central and southern Africa. Black rhinos have a prehensile lip that is used much like a finger to select and pick the leaves and twigs they prefer. Doesn’t it look like he is having the time of his life?!

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Rhinoceros Rhinos United States Africa 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2015

Bigger than the African Buffalo or the American Bison, it is the largest land animal after the Elephant, Rhino, the Hippopotamus and the Giraffe. Among the bamboo, only a few metres away from us, is an imposing black shadow of the largest wild bovid alive today: Gaur!

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Tigers Boars India Chickens 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

People generally don’t poach lions and rhinos because they hate them, they do so because they can make money doing so (or sometimes because said rhinos and lions threaten their existing livelihood).

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2016

It’s the only park I have ever been to that not only have I seen all five of the Big Five (Lion, Leopard, African Buffalo, White Rhino and African Elephant) in, but seen them all on the same day. Madikwe may have been farmland once upon a time but these days it has been fully restored as an astonishing game reserve.

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South Africa Leopards Giraffes Africa 189

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2021

Also, the lake is the most reliable place for both Black and White Rhinos in the whole of East Africa. Roger Tory Peterson called it “the most fabulous bird spectacle in the world”. Large numbers of Palearctic waders winter at Nakuru or use the site on passage.

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Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 263

Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

In some parts of Africa, rangers receive military training and equipment to defend animals (and themselves) from poachers in pursuit of elephants, rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered species. In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs. But now there is increasing talk of more far-reaching action.

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Central African Republic Protection Sea Turtles Rhinos 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 14, 2011

Busch Gardens supports the conservation of and education about cheetahs through the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, which has donated nearly $100,000 to cheetah efforts in Africa since 2005 and also helps fund conservation programs for white rhinos, marine animals and many other species around the world.

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Puppies White Rhinos Rhinos Endangered Species 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Busch Gardens supports the conservation of and education about cheetahs through the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, which has donated nearly $100,000 to cheetah efforts in Africa since 2005 and also helps fund conservation programs for white rhinos, marine animals and many other species around the world.

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Jacksonville White Rhinos Zoos Rhinos 100

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

From the plight of Eastern Africa’s black rhinos to Australia’s Tasmanian devils, and Florida’s panthers, Corwin provides a riveting first-hand look at the critical state of our natural world. This book truly helps bring their stories to light!

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Endangered Species Rhinos Massachusetts Science 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Just beyond a fence, a pair of rhino adults and one baby munched contentedly on hay. The first time I visited the 30 acre enclosure, I walked the raised boardwalk over the space with eyes wide. Multiple varieties of ungulates jogged from place to place, while giant rhea birds stalked around looking for food.

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Zoos Geese Canada Rhinos 113

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 19, 2007

It is an animated website aimed at educating and inspiring children about endangered species, and all of our characters actually exist in a real-life camp in Tanzania which protects black rhino and wild African hunting dogs. whilst employing a local workforce and improving school and water supplies for surrounding villages.

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Rhinos Tanzania Endangered Species Protection 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2013

A close encounter with a couple of White Rhinos gave me a good opportunity to get a proper look at some Red-billed Ox-peckers Buphagus Erythrorhynchus that often accompany them. Rhino skin is very tough and despite spending much of their time amongst the thorn bushes, scratches are usually only superficial.

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Rhinos White Rhinos South Africa Wounded 187

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 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The one photograph of the Caracal shows it’s pointed ears and wispy ear tufts; a close-up of the mouth of the White Rhino focuses on the extremely wide mouth that distinguishes it from the Black Rhino; male and female images of the antelope species, which are significantly different, are shown side by side.

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Rhinos Animal Mammals White Rhinos 252

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger and Gaur (highway 37 passes through the park and the rhinos and wild elephants can be spotted straying near the road). The best season to visit is from November to March. 300 m / 1000 ft higher than any other peak in the country), its most popular national park and the best birding area.

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Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

After a few hours we guesstimated that the pack had moved south and after checking the shooting range (where the park rangers tasked with the unenviable responsibility of protecting the park’s rhinos practised their art) we joined the road to the less touristy southern part of the park.

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Wolves Lions Vet Dogs 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

10000birds.com/is-my-rhino-still-alive.htm. We haven’t seen the reason yet, but suddenly you could have palpated a tension in the air that made the zebras step away and even one female Ostrich stand up… Then the Lord of the waterhole came – the White Rhinoceros. These are my first wild tigers ever!

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 189

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

She’s reared abandoned baby buffalo, dik-diks, impalas, zebras, warthogs, and black rhinos, among others, but no creature has beguiled her more than elephants. Her husband was David Sheldrick, the renowned naturalist and founding warden of Tsavo East National Park who died of a heart attack in 1977.

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Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

advisory board, the “ Wildlife Protection Board ,” has been created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family 2. A newly created U.S.

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