Sentences with phrase «wild rhinos»

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.

Between 1984 and 1993, at least 35 wild rhinos were taken into captivity across the region without the birth of a single calf.

The rhino, Ronnie, was past reproductive age and deemed to be a danger to other wild rhinos.

Not exact matches

The Rhino Orphanage is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating injured and orphaned rhinos with the goal of returning them to the wild.

I have just understood that Arsenal's majority share holder — Stan Kroenke, is launching a TV channel, in the UK, dedicated to the blood sport of hunting endangered wild animals such as lions, rhinos and elephants.

Debnath said that during his tour, he also had to contend with wild animals including Rhinos, Elephants, Cheetahs, Pythons and other life - threatening ones.

Amid a decade - long global rhino poaching epidemic, many conservationists wonder how long the animal will survive in the wild.

Born in Shambe, South Sudan, the rhino was captured two years after roaming in the wild and brought to the Dvur Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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.

A 2012 report by researchers there predict that both rhino species will become extinct in the wild in just two decades if poaching continues to accelerate.

Protection for elephants, rhinos, sharks and trees was extended by states party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Among the rhinos, wild cattle, and other animals, they sketched a white horse with black spots.

In the case of the Sumatran rhino, however, some conservationists worry that without a long - term strategy for reversing the environmental pressures that are killing them off, captive breeding alone can never restore the wild population.

According to the latest best guess, only 200 — 300 Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) may be left in the wild, split between three territories in southeast Asia: the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo (see «The remaining rhinos»).

«We think she must have mated in the wild, got pregnant, but with her handicap was unable to sustain the fetus and it died in utero,» says Hildebrandt, who specializes in the assisted reproduction of endangered mammals and has been involved with Sabah's rhinos since 2004.

At best, rhino mothers take several years between pregnancies — meaning that the birth rate in the wild is unlikely to keep up with poaching and natural deaths.

She was taken to the Care for Wild Africa rhino orphanage to be rehabilitated, in the hope of returning her to the wWild Africa rhino orphanage to be rehabilitated, in the hope of returning her to the wildwild.

Since the mid-19th century, the population has plummeted from an estimated 1 million to about 300, including 50 to 100 Bornean rhinos that are thought to remain in the wild.

In contrast to this, Laikipia is home to wildlife reserves that offer more dramatic and rugged scenery, with a particular focus on rhinos and wild dogs.

The best of these is a wild chase through a dilapidated factory, proving once and for all that rhinos are faster than monkeys.

The funnier episodes bubble over with erratic wit: an animated rhino's travels, Winona Ryder falling in love with a ventriloquist dummy, Liev Schreiber squaring - off against Joe Lo Truglio to see who can get more MRI machines, Rob Corddry and Ken Marino falling in love in prison, Gretchen Mol having a wild affair with Jesus Christ (the ever - elusive Justin Theroux).

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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: Use a world map and have students locate the areas of the world where rhinos live in the wild.

Sadly ~ scientists of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ~ have announced that wild black rhinos can no longer be found in West Africa.

The lodge is situated within a nature reserve and is home to thousands of wild of animals which include lions, black and white rhino, buffalo, elephant and cheetah, plus many other animals too.

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.

This fantastical assemblage, like something from a Mad Max movie, would scoop up everything in its way: predators such as lions and cheetahs, lumbering endangered herbivores such as rhinos and elephants, herds of impala and wildebeest, family groups of warthogs and wild dogs.

A book deal posted yesterday in Publisher's Marketplace caught my eye — Farrar, Straus will publish the memoir of 73 - year - old Kenyan conservationist Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who is known for raising and rehabilitating wild animals such as elephants and rhinos.

at full - page spreads of the activities of some African animals, such as an elephant eating, wild dogs listening, and rhinos napping.

Daphne Sheldrick's involvement with wildlife has spanned a lifetime, and she is now a recognised International authority on the rearing of wild creatures and is the first person to have perfected the milk formula and necessary husbandry for infant milk - dependent Elephants and Rhinos.

Aubrey has been lucky enough to see wild one - horned rhinos, Bengal tigers and Asian elephants.

«From the beginning animal protection groups have said that the zoos» purported concern about saving rhinos was just a cover for buying wild elephants.

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Personally, the elephant and rhino experiences are now something to keep in mind when I travel to these parts because I love animals in the wild so much.

The area features sizeable mammal populations, including black rhino, Rothschild's giraffe, greater kudu, lion, cheetah and wild dogs.

Newly rebuilt, the concept of Mombo Camp is to maintain the Mombo traditions and history stretching back nearly 30 years, as well as to celebrate our Conservation Purpose — indeed, one of our greatest conservation successes: the reintroduction of black and white rhino into the wilds of Botswana.

Some 1,200 wild animals roam the park, including giraffe, lions, rhinos, and kangaroos, and spottings are guaranteed.

The next morning, take a game drive in an open safari vehicle, spotting the abundant wildlife, from white rhinos and leopards to wild dogs and impala.

There is a wide variety of landscapes that easily support a diversity of game and rare and endangered species such as wild dog, black rhino, roan, sable, buffalo and tsessebe.

Aside from rhino the reserve has over 340 species of bird, a large and healthy elephant population, cheetah, hippo, hyena, jackal, giraffe and wild dog.

There are about 500 elephants living in the park, sharing it with lion, buffalo, rhino, leopard, countless antelope, ostrich, wild cats, wild dogs and even the Flightless Dung Beetle, which is unique to this area

On your early morning and afternoon safaris scan the vast expanse and seek out the iconic Asiatic rhino, wild elephant, and fish - eating crocodile amongst great birdlife as well.

To see wild animals like hippos, elephants, lions, giraffes and rhinos (among other animals!)

Pay a visit to Australia's Great Barrier Reef or book an African safari to watch the elusive white rhino in the wild while you still can.

When we think of wild animals losing their habitats, we usually envision elephants, rhinos, and tigers in faraway places.

However, aside from the Orangutans, there are almost seven other species of primates and wild animals including elephants, rhinos, tigers, and even leopards.

«There are no Javan rhinos in captivity — if we lose the population in the wild, we've lost them all,» Eric Dinerstein, chief scientist at the wildlife group, said in a news release.

The IUCN gives the example of the southern white rhino, which went from less than 100 individuals at the end of the 1800s to around 20,000 individuals in the wild today.

Rhinos Nearing Extinction After 50 Years of Poaching Rhino poaching, often practiced to remove the animal's horn, has helped cause an extraordinary decline in populations throughout Africa and Asia — for example, there is thought to be about 130 Javan rhinos and only 300 Sumatran rhinos left in theRhinos Nearing Extinction After 50 Years of Poaching Rhino poaching, often practiced to remove the animal's horn, has helped cause an extraordinary decline in populations throughout Africa and Asia — for example, there is thought to be about 130 Javan rhinos and only 300 Sumatran rhinos left in therhinos and only 300 Sumatran rhinos left in therhinos left in the wild.

Although white rhinos are still abundant in South Africa, the northern white species (above) has not been seen in the wild since 2006.