Sentences with word «rhino»

Several species of sharks and rays were also newly listed under the convention, and countries voted to defeat a controversial proposal by Swaziland to permit sales of white rhino horn.

Legalising the trade in rhino horn from South Africa could match black market supply and maybe even double it, with the aim of driving poachers out of business

The recent arrival of black rhino in the country means that Rwanda is now offering one of the most comprehensive safari experiences anywhere on the African continent.

Use of rhino horn in Traditional Chinese Medicine [TCM below] and Traditional Oriental Medicine dates back centuries.

A group of young Samburu warriors touch a black rhino for the first time in their lives, at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, in northern Kenya.

The night before he had told me in camp that there appeared to be, in China, a bottomless market for rhino horn as an aphrodisiac and as a cure for the impotence of old age.

A retired conservator based in Zululand, John Forrest, told Oxpeckers the drought could have a much more devastating effect on rhino populations in the long term than poaching.

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.

Conservationists have taken some innovative measures to keep the northern white rhino population alive.

Karen Trendler, a veterinary nurse who has been working with rhinos for nearly 20 years, believes the sharp increase in poaching activity is unsustainable.

The international experts aim at saving the northern white rhino from the brink of extinction.

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.

The water level of the lake provides rich grasses for huge herds of buffalo and elephant as well as rhino, hippo and crocodiles and a great variety of antelope and plains game.

Arrows indicate large articulation facets of cervical ribs on a fossil cervical vertebra of a woolly rhino of Naturalis, Leiden.

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There is more information about London's work on black rhinos at Chester Zoo than there is at London Zoo itself.

Since we are in a area targeted by rhino poachers, please do not cross any fences.

The last Javan rhino in Vietnam was killed in 2010.

Many species like rhino are practically extinct outside national parks.

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.

Researchers said that Vietnam was particularly problematic because of the demand there and the recent identification of Vietnamese nationals» involvement in African rhino poaching investigations.

Robust leg bones, powerful upper bodies, wide shoulders, large necks and upper backs, and glutes built for squatting rather than marathon running mean that the average strength athlete does not look so much like a thoroughbred as he or she does a charging rhino when pouring on the speed.

In Asia, the greater one - horned rhino species has been recovering and has a population of several thousand.

Learn about Sumatran rhino conservation efforts during a special meeting with the executive director of the Borneo Rhino Alliance.

Scientists are working on a form of IVF where egg cells would be removed from the remaining females, fertilized with semen collected from Sudan and other northern white males, and then inserted into female southern white rhinos who would serve as surrogates.

Detailed, accurate, and ready - to - color illustrations depict 47 species including rhinos, zebras, giraffes, camels, and many more.

The Ol Pejeta conservancy where the three remaining Northern White Rhinos live announced on Twitter that Sudan, at age 45, was «ailing» and things were «not looking bright» for him.

When the armored rhinos came charging, it hit me how silly the screenplay was when it wasn't being preachy.

It said regulators would keep a watch out for gray rhinos.

In India and Nepal, where rhino populations are even lower, numbering about 2,400 individuals, poaching is no better.

In July 2015, Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic lost Nabire, and in November 2015, San Diego Zoo lost Nola - leaving just three northern white rhino left on the planet.

«At best we can now find old rhino footprints perhaps once or twice per year,» he says.

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.

«You hate to sound alarmist, you hate to even consider that it could happen,» she explained, «but if the poaching continues at the current rate we could eventually see rhino go extinct.

But let me add a few words about rhino skin.

Also we found rhinos and we managed to take pictures from up close.

As Stephen noted recently, poachers have killed more rhinos this year than ever before.

In a brand new Jumanji adventure, the tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles.

The group, which is famed for having longest par - three golf hole in the world, its luxurious accommodation, the world's first baby rhino orphanage and the Big 5 roaming wild and free on its safari conservancy.

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.

I have looked into possibly rhino lining the under side of the bed and cab but I...

Something must be done to help protect rhinos from poachers.

A mechanical rhino makes an appearance, but it's not really a fight — it's just there to knock down the rocks keeping our heroes from the drill tank.

The idea of removing horns from wild rhinos by tranquilizing them still poses dangers for the animal, from dying from the drug to injury while succumbing to or recovering from the tranquilizer.

If the killings of rhino continue at this rate, total losses for 2013 will equate to around 55 - 60, almost double the number killed in 2012.

Black Panther: proud ruler of a country by day, punisher of rhino poachers by night.

Explore Amboseli National Park, known for its large elephant population and spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa, and Lake Nakuru, a small but diverse park known for its alkaline lake.

Agreed, unless that bible was wrapped in black rhino skin and inlaid with elephant tusk ivory, it's not exactly a good comparison.