Sentences with phrase «case of the rhino»

«In the case of the rhino, you don't do it because you're sure that you will succeed, but you do it because you feel it's the right thing to do.»

Not exact matches

The case of the recently captured female rhino in Kalimantan, Borneo shows the importance of immediate action.

In the case of the Sumatran rhino, however, some conservationists worry that without a long - term strategy for reversing the environmental pressures that are killing them off, captive breeding alone can never restore the wild population.

At the end of March, Hildebrandt and two of his IZW colleagues flew back to Sabah on a uterine - rescue mission, accompanied by huge suitcases filled with veterinary paraphernalia: green scrubs, anaesthetics, antibiotics, drips, probes, a carbon - fibre catheter patented by Hildebrandt and his colleagues for the insemination of rhinos, and a gun case containing a 2 - metre - long video endoscope tailor - made to fit Puntung's reproductive tract.

ARTIST STATEMENT «The piece is a play on simple vaudeville style adverts that toys with the idea of human interest in viewing the grotesque; in this case, a bloody boxer, black man with a west African rhino head, broken horn in mouth, bloody / bruised face + body, in a classic boxing pose.

To get the context, read Jane Perlez's 1992 report from The Times on the slaughter, which in some cases included the shooting of proactively dehorned rhinos (possibly out of spite).

Similarly a case could be made for any of the rescued species such as the North American Bisson, White & Black Rhinos to suffer extinction even if we try to keep them from harm, again to due to lack of genetic diversity, that is my speculation but for the cheetah it is a bit dire as they have very little diversity in their immune system, they are almost clones, and that is not good.

Here, all chips and pieces of rhino and elephant ivory recovered from poachers, poached animals, culling programmes, cases of natural death and, of late, elephants routinely slaughtered to feed the public at government functions are received, registered and issued with serial numbers.

In this case, airport scanners revealed the presence of hidden rhino horn and elephant ivory, but conservationists have no way of telling how many illegal goods slip under the radar.

A shocking case of this comes from South - Africa, where a senior ranger for South Africa National Parks who was an outspoken activist against poaching, including during media interviews where he advised young people to stay away from poaching and criminal gangs, is charged with rhino poaching.

The report shows that the situation is most dire in Zimbabwe, where rhino populations are decreasing rapidly and only three percent of rhino poaching cases end in conviction.