Not exact matches
And then to top it off, I
saw that the last male northern
white rhino died today and I cried about it on the subway.
Sought after for their horns,
white rhinos saw their population fall to 100 animals in South Africa by 1910, and only 2,410 black
rhinos remained there in 1995.
The Kragga Kamma Game Park near Port Elizabeth allows your family to
see wild animals in their natural habitat, including
white rhino, cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, and other animals all roaming freely.
The
white rhinoes we
saw, indeed looked brownish, but that was because of the red sand.
Three of the Big 5 make the reserve their home —
white rhino, buffalo and leopard — whilst you will also
see hippo, giraffe, warthog, numerous buck and sable antelope.
An elephant herd crosses the road just aheas of us; we
see zebras, giraffes, waterbucks and a
white rhino with calf.
We
see several kinds of antelope, mainly impalas, kudus and tsessebes, but also the sable antelope and - from a distance -
white rhinoes, blue wildebeest and waterbucks.
With news of the passing of Sudan, the world's last male northern
white rhino, Lyn Hughes reveals the best places to
see these magnificent horned beasts and help save them from extinction More
Although
white rhinos are still abundant in South Africa, the northern
white species (above) has not been
seen in the wild since 2006.
We're
seeing the extinction of the northern
white rhino happen right before our eyes, driven by the insatiable demand for their horns.