Sentences with phrase «for rhino»

The prince has made videos with David and basketball star Yao Ming to try and put a stop to demand for rhino horn and ivory.

«We are very concerned about him — he's extremely old for a rhino and we do not want him to suffer unnecessarily,» the conservancy said in a statement.

Demand for rhino horn, ivory and other products made from parts of tigers, turtles and other endangered species is increasing in China and the Far East as living standards rise.

Trendler points to the growing market for rhino horn in Asia and dealers who have been working to stockpile reserves, hedging against extinction.

«There are some incredibly good guys in the business who are doing amazing things and who would give their lives for those rhino,» she said, «but unfortunately we do have an element of corruption.

One more symbol of the rising global demand for rhino horn and its devastating effect on rhinoceroses in both Africa and Asia: The Guardian reports that the female white rhino in South Africa's Krugersdorp nature

Rhino populations are being hammered by poachers, steeping Africa in blood and pushing the species ever - closer to extinction to satisfy the demand for rhino horn in Vietnam and other countries — a demand largely based on the myth...

We need campaigns to educate [people], just as we need to work positively with those countries whose citizens provide the mass market for rhino horn ivory and increasingly, lion parts, to halt the demand,» said Dr. Jacobsohn.

Constantly outgunned by poachers» high - tech helicopters, machine guns, night - vision binoculars, bullet - proof vests and insane arsenal in the illegal trade of «medicinal» rhino horns that are worth more than gold, one pissed - off game manager outside of Johannesburg, South Africa wants to do the unthinkable: inject poison into horns as a deadly warning to would - be poachers and the consumers who would buy them.According to South Africa's The Times, Ed Hern, owner of the Lion and Rhino Park outside of Johannesburg, says injecting poison into rhino's horns will protect them from poachers and kill the demand for rhino horn right at the source, which is prized as a medicinal ingredient in Asian medicine.

Strong property rights and market incentives have provided a successful model for rhino conservation, despite the negative impact of command - and - control approaches that rely on regulations and bans that restrict wildlife use.

And leafing through an ancient Chinese medical textbook he showed there to be over 500 different herbs in addition to animal remedies and stressed there are «botanical TCM substitutes for rhino horn, and... that's what people should concentrate on.»

In the last 18 months alone, more than 1,000 rhinos in Africa have been killed as a result of soaring demand for rhino horn products.

There are fresh reports that rising demand for rhino horn — once again in China — has contributed to an upsurge in rhino killings around the world, with a particularly disturbing surge in Zimbabwe due in part to the breakdown of order there.

The total population of black rhinos plunged to less than 2,500 in 1993 from 70,000 or so in 1970, in a slaughter largely driven by the market for rhino horn and related products in Asia.

Every day, rhinoceros across Africa and Asia are getting caught in the crosshairs of poachers to supply a lucrative black market demand for rhino horn.

And so he did, and — to my mind — he has established an invaluable hub for insights and discussion related to everything from ecotourism to the Asian demand for rhino horn, which — as you'll hear — has become something of a club drug in Vietnam.

Yet it's home to two of the country's most prominent wildlife parks - the Hluhluwe - Imfolozi Park (famous for its rhino...

Yet it's home to two of the country's most prominent wildlife parks - the Hluhluwe - Imfolozi Park (famous for its rhino conservation projects) and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (a World Heritage Site with a huge biodiversity and more animal species even than Kruger), some of the most beautiful and remote beaches, sea turtles and whales... The Elephant Coast is regarded as an eco-tourism hotspot particularly because of its access to Africa's largest est...

This perilous situation is a result of a devastating combination of habitat loss (mainly to create lucrative oil - palm plantations) and poaching (to feed the black market for rhino horn).

And the Indonesian government's action plan for rhino conservation, spanning 2007 — 17, contains no mention of tissue banking.

«Biologists in Namibia were hopeful that a U.S. - based auction would produce a record amount for rhino conservation, and that's exactly what happened,» said club Executive Director Ben Carter.

Lazio is a solid conservative as well with his anti gun and pro-abortion positions and his strong firm stance for RHINO consensus building philosphy...... a real nice guy no question... not a change agent... I guess NY is in such great shape we all don't mind sticking with status Cuomo candidates like Lazio....

«High demand for rhino horn means poaching can not be defeated with force on force,» Jooste noted after his appointment, «The only thing that can make a difference is taking on the crime networks.

Meru, with its weird, two - trunked doum palms and strange red outcroppings — decomposed lava boulders covered with red sandy soil — is excellent country for elephant - watching and, until recently, for rhinos as well.

But scientists are in a race against time: They haven't yet perfected the IVF technique for rhinos, and more research is needed.

South Africa's Kruger National Park is inviting bids for rhinos under a plan to move 500 of the animals to safety to counter a wave of poaching for their horns, highly prized in some Asian countries as a sign of wealth.

Beijing's ban on ivory is very welcome and could save the African elephant, but it must do the same for rhinos, pangolins and more, says Richard Schiffman

«TRAFFIC believes Namibia has demonstrated a sound conservation policy for its rhinos over the years and does not oppose Namibia's legitimate execution of its hunting quota,» Milliken said in an email.

To most people, the latter is a much grimmer consequence, be it for rhinos or for humanity.

From tracking big cats in the Himalaya mountains to scouring for rhinos in the marshes of Assam — we seek out India's wildlife More

In some places it has gotten so bad that a decade's worth of successful conservation efforts are being reversed: WWF says that in the period of 2000 - 2005 the African average for rhinos killed by poachers was about three per month, out of a total population of approximately 18,000.

2011 is shaping up to be one of the worst years on record for rhinos.

Doesn't do much good for the Rhinos and Tigers does it?

Not exact matches

Here are two more pictures, most probably taken from the cargo door of a C - 2 Greyhound, showing the «Rhinos» (nickname for the Super Hornet used on U.S. supercarriers) over or near USS Stennis.

Kevin Winstanley of ip - Xchange talks rhinos, Wi - Fi speeds and the problem of taking Internet connection for granted.

Last week Leonard Weinglass — yes, even his friends call him Boogie — and Malcolm Glazer, leaders of the two groups vying for ownership of a proposed NFL expansion franchise in Baltimore, announced that they had agreed on a name for the prospective team: the Rhinos.

A zebra - striped bus unloaded a group of chattering Germans, who proceeded to surround the three rhinos, petting their mud - caked hides, stroking the heavy frontal horn of the big male and posing for fake matador shots — windbreakers sweeping in clumsy verónicas as the camera shutters buzzed.

Heavy rain kept us from penetrating deep into the surrounding Lorogi Forest, so we had no chance to check for signs of rhino or elephant.

injuries are exactly what happens when a workaholic defender tries to cover for himself and a rhino - like partner........

Rhinos Rugby was started in 2013 as a local Orange County rugby club by passionate rugby players and dads who dreamed to do better than the status quo for their kids and the game, and teach them life skills and provide college opportunities through the sport.

We saw proof of this later when we watched a rhino repeatedly charge an elephant until the elephant finally had enough and sent the rhino on its way much sadder for the encounter.

Challenge Cup holders Hull FC look to defend the trophy for the first time in their history as they take on Leeds Rhinos at the Keepmoat Stadium.

ISC is however a well known name in the Australian Rugby League and also provides kits for Leeds Rhinos, Warrington Wolves and Hull Rugby Football Club.

All about the glory and the baubles for him, as the self declared PR Experts * coughs * who continuously refer to old Usmanov and his trips down to his traditional «local» boozer (spearmint white rhino No. 3?)

He said it looked like «rhino lining» for your nails.

Yet one area of this booming illicit trade receives more attention than most: poaching for ivory and rhino horn.

Several of the project's units are directly across from Rochester Rhinos Stadium and it was recently named a finalist by The Community Design Center Rochester for the 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation.

Such evidence can help solve individual cases when poached horn is seized, even months or years later, as well as piece together the complex criminal networks responsible for poaching rhinos and transporting their horns to Asia.

And this spring, poachers broke into a zoo in Paris and killed a rhino for its horn.

Rhinos are killed for their horns, which are sold illegally in Vietnam and China — at street prices higher than gold — for their purported medicinal qualities.