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rhino conservation
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South Africa Registers A Decrease In Rhino Poaching Following Dehorning Program
02 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
In addition to the dehorning programme, South Africa also implemented a novel approach by injecting radioactive materials into the horns of these animals to curb the threat of poaching.
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Know Someone Who Wants To Own The World’s Largest Rhino Breeding Farm Complete With 2 000 Rhinos?
16 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The world’s largest rhino breeding and conservation farm is being put up for auction in mid-April.
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Rare Footage Of SA Rhino Birth And First Steps [Video]
16 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Mpumalanga’s Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary released a heart-warming video of the baby popping out and promptly taking its first steps.
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Quinton De Kock Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before [Video]
11 May 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’re used to seeing Quinny with bat in hand, or behind the stumps, but a new video aimed at raising awareness around rhino conservation is something quite different.
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SA’s ‘Rambo’ Has A Novel Approach To Rhino Conservation
31 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Self-styled “combination of Faf de Klerk and Rambo”, Mike Wright, found a unique way to raise funds for rhino conservation.
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Spare A Thought For These 10 Animals On The Brink Of Extinction
31 May 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Human intervention has led these poor animals to the brink of extinction. Ever heard of a vaquita? Me neither, but there are only 12 of them left on the planet.
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The Slippery Slope From Rhino Poacher To Cop Killer
21 May 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
If you somehow manage to escape custody shortly before appearing in court on poaching charges you might be best advised to lay low. That certainly doesn’t involve killing police officers.
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It’s Happening – The Most Shocking Yet Necessary Rhino Conservation Methods Ever
23 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How sad that it has come to this, but conservationists are having to resort to the most extreme measures in order to protect the remaining rhinos in our country.
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First Ever Baby Woolly Rhino Found – Science World Loses Mind [Image]
26 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
You’ve heard of the woolly mammoth but have you heard of the woolly rhinoceros? Don’t worry, neither had we until this guy was found in Siberia.
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N2 Highway Memorial – 312 Dead Rhinos [VIDEO]
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The team over at Green Renaissance has started an activation along the N2 highway in Cape Town near the Cape Town International Airport. It will serve as a continual reminder of the epidemic that is rhino poaching in South Africa.
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Shocking Rhino Poaching Documentary Debuts At Rio+20 [VIDEO]
22 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
“Rhinos Under Threat” is a new YouTube documentary aiming to raise public awareness of the current crisis faced by poaching. It launched at the Rio+20 Conference earlier this week. See the full 28-minute film inside, however be warned that it might be upsetting for sensitive viewers.
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Rhino Dies After Being Hit By Truck Outside Pretoria [PICS]
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
During a time where we really cannot afford to lose anymore rhinos, another one has passed away – this time after being hit by a lorry outside Pretoria. Pics of the incident can be seen after the jump.
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EPIC FAIL: Rhino Dies In Anti-Poaching Demo By Conservationists
10 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
I just had to look up the words “EPIC” and “FAIL” in the dictionary, and would you know, this story was listed underneath each description. A South African conservation group demonstrating an anti-poaching method for reporters accidentally killed the rhinoceros they were using in the demonstration.
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Black Rhinos Transported Upside Down By Air [PICS]
07 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments
The Black Rhino Range Expansion Project recently successfully transported 19 black rhinos 1 500 kilometres across South Africa. They did this by airlifting each rhino by its ankles before carrying it upside down! Read exactly why they do it this way, and see some amazing images of this process, after the jump.
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