Sentences with phrase «african rhinoceros»
A genetic database that holds DNA from thousands of African rhinoceroses has secured the convictions of poachers and led to stiffer criminal sentences since its establishment eight years ago, researchers say.
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Savannahs are home not only to unique wildlife, including the «Big Five» — the African elephant, rhinoceros, Cape buffalo, leopard and lion — but also to thousands of endemic plant species such as the baobab, or monkey bread tree.
A South African company has been indicted in Alabama for selling illegal rhinoceros hunts to Americans and secretly trafficking in the endangered animals» horns
An early scene in Trophy unflinchingly follows of a group of South Africans as they take down a rhinoceros and use an electric saw to chop its horn off before setting it free.
South African National Parks and Game Reserves: South Africa boasts a huge collection of wildlife regions and game parks (both public and private) encompassing every possible landscape from deserts to forests, mountains to coast, teeming with wildlife species — including Africa's Big 5: Leopard, Lion, Buffalo, Elephant and Rhinoceros.
Addo also boasts all Big 7 animals — buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, whale and great white shark, and now includes the Woody Cape Nature Reserve, which encompasses Bird Eland — home to the world's largest breeding population of Cape gannets, and the second largest breeding population of African penguins.
That's why many of our escorted rail tours in Africa offer superb opportunities to observe the fabled «big five»: the African lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, African leopard, and the rhinoceros.
After I posted on the seizure of tons of poached Asian pangolins bound for Chinese meat and medicine markets, Dale R. McIntyre, a frequent commenter from Bartlesville, Okla., submitted a vivid sketch of an encounter with a white rhinoceros and, shortly afterward, a posse of poachers gunning for the last black rhinos in the same African park.
n late November, three South African judges lifted a ban on the domestic sale of rhinoceros horn in the African country, sparking controversy both at home and abroad.
More: WWF International - Rhinoceros and CITES - Status, Conservation and Trade in African and Asia Rhinoceroses (PDF)
The report suggests that what is needed it «an accurate and up - to - date picture of the status, conservation and trade in African and Asian rhinoceroses... so that firm international action can be taken to arrest this immediate threat to rhinoceros populations worldwide.»
For example, many first - time safari goers aim to see the Big Five - African lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, African leopard, and the rhinoceros - that are the hardest and most dangerous African animals to track on foot.