Sedated, blindfolded, her ears plugged with cotton-wool, “Hope” the rhino breathes heavily as veterinarians work to repair a gaping wound left by poachers who hacked off her horns. A year after being left for dead…
Posts tagged rhino
#Conservation: Sanctuary celebrates first Black Rhino birth
The Sera Community Rhino Sanctuary in Kenya celebrated the first Black Rhino calf being born in the community-owned sanctuary on 11th of March, 2016. The calf made history by being the first black rhino to be…
First contact in decades with rare rhino in Indonesia’s Borneo
Environmentalists have made physical contact with a Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo island for the first time in over 40 years, the WWF said Wednesday, hailing a “major conservation success”. The critically…
Britain’s Prince William: We have 5 years to save the rhino
Britain’s Duke of Cambridge believes the world has five years to save the rhino. The 33-year-old royal insists there is not much time left to prevent the “incredible” creatures from going into extinction. Speaking to…
#Conservation: Rare white rhino dies, three left in Kenya
A northern white rhinoceros — one of just four remaining worldwide — has died at the San Diego Zoo, officials said. The 41-year-old female known as Nola saw her health take a quick turn for…
#Conservation: Sh82mn needed to save last northern white rhinos
The recent death of a northern white rhino in Dvůr Králové Zoo, Czech Republic has left just four of this subspecies in existence – three females and one male. None are capable of natural reproduction,…
#Conservation: Prince Harry in South Africa to fight poachers
Britain’s Prince Harry has already confronted three poachers in South Africa. The 30-year-old heir to the throne arrived at Kruger Park game reserve last week and has joined the war on criminals for the government’s…
#Conservation: How TV White Space is understanding Kenya
“There’s a quarter of a million dollars of rhino horn walking around Ol Pejeta,” says Malcom Brew, chief technology officer for Mawingu Networks, which provides Internet access to nearby Nanyuki, Kenya shared with Microsoft News….
#Conservation: Meet South Africa’s top poacher-hunting dog
Barking and snarling in his cage, “Killer” — South Africa’s most successful poacher-catching canine — looks ready for another helicopter mission tracking down armed hunters who slaughter rhinos for their horns. In the first half…
Top Pan-Arab movie star in Kenya to visit #LastMaleStanding
Pan-Arab multi-award winning movie star and producer, Mr. Khaled Abol Naga, is in Kenya to visit ‘Sudan’ the last male northern white rhino. The popular celebrity shared with his 1.2 million followers on Twitter that he…