Sentences with phrase «rhinoceros horn»

Asian demand for rhinoceros horn for medicinal use has driven poaching in Africa and Asia to a 15 year high, WWF reports.

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.

As the middle class grows, which we all welcome and support, in many nations items like ivory or rhinoceros horn become symbols of wealth and social status.

(Last fall, she joined the «Say No» campaign run by the conservation group WildAid aimed at cutting demand for ivory and rhinoceros horn.)

As a result, there has been an «escalating criminalization» in the trade of ivory and rhinoceros horn, Ashe said.

The new directive is particularly aimed at stopping the commercial trade in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn.

Outgoing Assemblyman Bob Sweeney said a three - way deal has been reached on to inhibit the trade of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns in New York — a main goal of his.

Purported to treat a variety of ailments, from fevers to measles to epilepsy, rhinoceros horns have been prized ingredients in Chinese medicines for thousands of years.

And laws against the wildlife trade have failed to prevent supplies of everything from rhinoceros horns to tiger bones from reaching the estimated $ 3.9 - billion global market.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- A Chinese citizen, the admitted ringleader of an international smuggling operation that trafficked in $ 4.5 million worth of rhinoceros horns, ivory cups and trinkets, pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in New Jersey, prosecutors said.

The admitted ringleader of an international smuggling operation that trafficked in $ 4.5 million worth of rhinoceros horns, ivory cups and trinkets, pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in New Jersey, prosecutors said

And if it falls ill, «anoint it with the clarified fat of a snow leopard's leg and, in a thrush's egg shell, give it to drink the juice of custard apples, into which are added three pinches of shredded rhinoceros horns, and apply piebald leeches; and if it dies, remember that man is not immortal and thou too must die».

From a distance, the entire shrub appears to be accented with fuzzy, white rhinoceros horns.

Not exact matches

Depending upon the context of the passage however, the authors either use the word «rhinoceros» if the intent was to speak of two horns, or «unicornis» if the intent was to mean a singular horn.

It goes on to say under the entry for «rhinoceros» that: «a genus of quadrupeds of two species, one of which, the unicorn, has a single horn growing almost erect from the nose.

Even today, the scientific name for the Asian one - horned rhinoceros is «Rhinoceros unicornis,» (the same word as mentioned in the Latin Vulgate) while the two - horned black rhinoceros is the «Diceros bicornrhinoceros is «Rhinoceros unicornis,» (the same word as mentioned in the Latin Vulgate) while the two - horned black rhinoceros is the «Diceros bicornRhinoceros unicornis,» (the same word as mentioned in the Latin Vulgate) while the two - horned black rhinoceros is the «Diceros bicornrhinoceros is the «Diceros bicornis.»

As a professor of ecology and biology at the University of Montana in Missoula, he had spent 20 years examining the mating and territorial behavior of dung and rhinoceros beetles, well known for their very large horns, to understand why some insects spend so much energy building big weapons.

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

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Although Asian one - horned rhinoceroses, tigers, and other endangered mammals managed to survive 15 years of a rebel occupation in this World Heritage Site in India, they still face the threat of logging and poaching due to the shortage of park police.

A South African company has been indicted in Alabama for selling illegal rhinoceros hunts to Americans and secretly trafficking in the endangered animals» horns

The treatment was successfully conducted in southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) and greater one - horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros urhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) and greater one - horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros urhinoceros (Rhinoceros uRhinoceros unicornis).

It is a distant relative of the rhinoceros, which the horn helps give away.

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.

So, he invites all the mammals, but Rhinoceros won't attend without the bird who always sits atop his horn.

Nepal's Chitwan National Park is one of the few places on earth where you can spot both the Royal Bengal Tiger and the one - horned rhinoceros.

The waters surrounding Anthony Island are home to a wide variety of sea birds, such as rhinoceros auklets, pigeon guillemots, and tufted and horned puffins, plus many more species are often seen.

Glimpse the endangered Asiatic one - horned rhinoceros in Chitwan National Park, and a chance of spotting the elusive Royal Bengal tiger

The C.N.P. known the over for being one of the most, well - managed parks in Asia, is home for more than 550 varied species of birds, the Great Asian one - horned rhinoceros, the Bengal tiger, the leopard, the sloth bear besides deer, monkeys, crocodiles and other small mammals.

The wildlife haven is home to one - horned rhinoceros and many other species of the animal kingdom.

This park is home to a good population of single - horned Asiatic rhinoceros, Gharial Crocodile and the Bengal tiger.

There people can catch glimpses of the sadly endangered species like the one - horned rhinoceros, Indian bison, sloth bears, Bengali tiger and many more.

From the friendly Royal Bengal Tigers of Bandhavgarh National Park and the endangered Single - horned Rhinoceros of Kaziranga that hold 2/3 of their population to the World Heritage birding paradise Keoladeo National Park.

It is renowned for its protection of one - horned Rhinoceros, crocodile and the Royal Bengal Tigers.

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.

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