Sentences with phrase «protect rhinos»

Something must be done to help protect rhinos from poachers.

He works around the large Lowveld reserves to monitor rhinos, address injuries, reinforce efforts to tackle poaching, and build community awareness of the need to protect rhinos.

Biggs believes the trade would protect rhinos — a portion of profits could be funneled into continuing to police poachers — and bring jobs to the surrounding areas.

This fall, rangers protecting rhinos, tigers and other endangered wildlife in Nepal's famous Chitwan National Park will get a solar system that will light and power an isolated ranger outpost deep in the jungle.

Putra began to see his work as not only protecting the rhinos and their habitat, but the people of the region as well.

Not exact matches

The anti-poaching program uses sophisticated drone operating teams in Africa that work with rangers on the ground to protect elephants and rhinos.

Poachers have shot dead three critically endangered black rhinos in a specially - protected sanctuary in northern Kenya, the wildlife service said Thursday.

Although rhinoceroses are endangered, legalizing the trade in rhino horns may be the best way to protect them from poachers.

The result is that South Africa, where rhino are meant to be protected, lost 230 animals to poaching in seven months last year, and there are now fewer than 3500 wild tigers left worldwide.

More than 75,000 people signed an online petition at www.causes.com to stop the sale, saying black rhinos can not be protected if they are allowed to be killed.

The Dallas Safari Club will auction a permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia, possibly fetching up to $ 1 million with proceeds going to protect the endangered animals in a move seen by some animal rights groups as ethically dubious conservation.

The WWF said it will work with the government of Nepal and local communities in a 9,000 square mile (93,310 square km) region that includes protected areas for tigers, rhinos and elephants in order to stop poaching, increase breeding and to monitor the tiger population.

Although the Bornean rhino population is on the brink, it could still rebound on its own, Melnick says, but only if it's protected from its number - one enemy: poachers.

But I also loved that this tee helps rescue and protect orphaned elephants and rhinos.

The translation is about protecting unicorns, so it is easily adapted to write about other animals hunted for their horns such as elephants, rhinos or narwhal.

Since learning that Belgian Shepherds were trained to patrol with the SANParks Honorary Rangers to protect the endangered species, this extraordinary girl embarked on a campaign, called Alyssa's Saves The Rhinos, to raise enough money to purchase the dogs needed.

«Shelter Me: Community Matters» (episode 7) is hosted by Dr. Jane Goodall and features an organization that trains shelter dogs to help protect endangered elephants and rhinos in Africa.

St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary: September 2012: 64 - 65 Houston Zoo, Saving the Orangutan: October 2012: 64 - 65 Saving the Lions: November 2012: 62 - 64 Saving Lives in Central America: December 2012: 60 - 61 Saving Sea Turtles: Jan / Feb 2013: 62 - 63 Saving the Borneo Elephants: March 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation Corner: April 2013: 64 - 65 Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative: May 2013: 62 - 63 Conservation Corner: June 2013: 64 - 65 Protecting the Ethiopian Wolves: July 2013: 66 - 67 Saving Rhinos from Extinction: August 2013: 62 - 63 Saving Animals from Extinction: September 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation of the African Painted Dog: October 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation of Chimpanzees: November 2013: 64 - 65 Conserving Attwater's Prairie Chickens: December 2013: 64 - 65 Traveling to See Animals in the Wild with the Houston Zoo: Jan / Feb 2014: 64 - 65 Blue Billed Curassow Conservation: March 2014: 62 - 63 Houston Toad Conservation: May 2014: 60 - 61 Lion Conservation: June 2014: 58 - 61 Giant Armadillo Conservation Project in Brazil: July 2014: 58 - 59 Conserving the Gorillas: August 2014: 58 - 59

Chitwan National Park on the Terrai lowlands in Southern Nepal is a biodiverse environment with dense jungles, grassy plains and large rivers that protect many bird species, rare wildlife including leopards, Bengal tigers, one - horned rhinos and other rare mammals found in the national park.

Established to protect the previously endangered white rhino now numbering over 1000 in the park, HluhluweImfolozi is a triumph of conservation efforts.

Around Lake Nakuru a game reserve has been created where the endangered black rhino is protected and may be seen along with antelope, giraffes, lions and hyenas.

Enjoy exciting safaris in protected areas to spot elephants, lions, rhino, giraffes and more.

Now, through their Great Plains Conservation and Great Plains Foundation arms, the Jouberts have launched Rhinos Without Borders, an attempt to save endangered Rhinos by translocating 100 of them from South Africa to Botswana in order to protect them from the tragic rise in poaching.

Africa's protected areas contain the world's most diverse mega fauna where you can enjoy seeing Giraffes, Elephants, Lions, Cheetahs, Hyenas, Rhinos, Hippos, Chimpanzees and Gorillas.

Protected from poachers by guards who accompany him at all times as he roams the grounds of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sudan represents the last hope of his species but he has shown no interest in mating with the two female rhinos who also live at the Conservancy.

Operation COBRA II results in the seizure of 36 rhino horns, three metric tons of elephant ivory, 10,000 turtles, and 1,000 skins of protected species, as well as 10,000 European eels and more than 200 metric tons of rosewood logs, dealing a huge blow to criminals involved in the highly lucrative trade in illegal wildlife.

Currently a rhino is butchered every six hours in Africa, the issues are many, but there's far too much money at stake to believe that legislation alone can make the difference, we had to find a way to protect these animals effectively in the field; the killing has to be stopped.

According to Protect's press release, rhino poaching has increased 9,300 percent since 2007 in South Africa alone, but the problem is widespread on the continent, as Dr Paul O'Donoghue, chief scientific advisor for Protect, explains:

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.

As part of its efforts to save Sumatra's remaining natural forests, WWF is working urgently with the Indonesian government and the pulp and palm oil industries to identify and protect the forests that are home to elephants, tigers, orangutans and rhinos.

The report underscores the importance of the work being done by Goldman Prize winners like Silas Siakor (2006), who is fighting for stricter logging regulations in Liberia and around the world; Fatima Jibrell (2002), who is working to provide sustainable economic alternatives to the illicit charcoal trade in Somalia; and Raoul du Toit (2011), who has dedicated his life to protecting Southern Africa's last remaining rhino populations from poachers.

Rudi Putra, a biologist from Indonesia, was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2014 for his work to protect the habitat of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino by physically dismantling illegal palm oil plantations in northern Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem.

Wildlife Heroes: 40 Leading Conservationists and the Animals They Are Committed to Saving by Julie Scardina and Jeff Flocken, features Raoul du Toit (2011) and the rhinos of Southern Africa; Eugene Rutagarama (2001) and the mountain gorillas of Rwanda; and Wangari Maathai's (1991) campaign to protect the habitat of Kenya's safari animals.

A biologist by training, Rudi Putra is dismantling illegal palm oil plantations that are causing massive deforestation in northern Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem, protecting the habitat of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino.

South Africa reported record losses of rhinos in its protected areas, while several high profile poaching events made international headlines.

Rudi Putra, 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Islands and Island Nations, led communities in dismantling illegal palm oil plantations, protecting the habitat of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino.

This 6.4 - million acre, federally protected forest spanning the Aceh and North Sumatra provinces is one of the few remaining homes for the Sumatran rhino.

Reintroducing the rhinos and ensuring their safety from poachers will automatically protect other species sharing the same habitat.

Just announced, WWF has been given a Global Impact Award, «to create an umbrella of technology to protect endangered wildlife like elephants, rhinos and tigers.

Richard Bonham is the founder of the Maasailand Preservation Trust, an organization that patrols 1.5 million acres of land in southeast Kenya protecting wildlife like rhinos and elephants from poachers.

In addition to their thick, leathery hide and imposing stature, now a group of African rhinos have one more tool to help protect them against poachers — GPS locating devices embedded directly into their horns.

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We sit down with 2014 Goldman Prize winner Rudi Putra to discuss his work to dismantle illegal palm oil plantations that are causing massive deforestation in northern Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem, in order to protect the habitat of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino.

Protection of employees on maternity leave The necessary protection given to an employee on maternity leave is so well known as to be burned into the collective HR consciousness, to the extent that a classic HR joke is to refer to such an employee as a «white rhino» (the most protected species on the planet).