Chitwan National Park has welcomed eight baby rhinos into the world!
Wonderful news: Nepal’s Chitwan National Park is enjoying a ‘baby boom’ of eight newborn rhinos!
Browsing the archives for the baby rhino tag
28 Jul 10
The most recent release from South African National Parks (SANParks) states that 152 rhinos have been lost this year as a result of poaching activity.
South African National Parks (SANParks) announced Wednesday that the latest figure for rhinos lost due to the country’s poaching surge is now 152.
Based on previous releases by SANParks, this year’s death [...]
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Tagged Africa, baby rhino, Black Rhino, Ceratotherium simum, China, Chinese, critically endangered species, Diceros bicornis, helicopters, illegal rhino horn trade, Kruger National Park, myths about rhino horn, organized crime, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, trophy hunting, Vietnam, white rhino
Tagged Africa, baby rhino, Black Rhino, Ceratotherium simum, China, Chinese, critically endangered species, Diceros bicornis, helicopters, illegal rhino horn trade, Kruger National Park, myths about rhino horn, organized crime, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, trophy hunting, Vietnam, white rhino
14 Jul 10
A female rhino has been butchered by poachers in a South African game reserve.
A female rhino in the Krugersdorp Game Reserve is the latest atrocity in the illegal rhino horn trade – killed by poachers who crudely slashed off her horns.
And there is another victim of this shameful crime: Her helpless nine-month-old [...]
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Posted in African Rhinos, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Southern white rhino, White Rhinos
Tagged Africa, baby rhino, China, illegal rhino horn trade, Krugersdorp Game Reserve, myths about rhino horn, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhino poaching syndicate, rhinoceros, South Africa, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam
Tagged Africa, baby rhino, China, illegal rhino horn trade, Krugersdorp Game Reserve, myths about rhino horn, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhino poaching syndicate, rhinoceros, South Africa, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam
29 Jun 10
Rhino poachers struck again in South Africa during the World Cup, leaving a female rhino to die after slashing off her horns.
A female rhino miraculously survived a horrific mutilation by poachers who tranquilized her and used a chainsaw to remove her horns, with the blades cutting deep into the rhino’s skull.
She was left to [...]
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Posted in African Rhinos, Endangered Species, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, White Rhinos
Tagged Africa, baby rhino, calf, China, Chinese, Chinese pharmaceutical, FIFA, KwaZulu-Natal, KZN, poacher, Poaching, poaching syndicate, professsional hunters, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Tugela Private Game Reserve, Vietnam, Vietnamese, white rhino, World Cup 2010
Tagged Africa, baby rhino, calf, China, Chinese, Chinese pharmaceutical, FIFA, KwaZulu-Natal, KZN, poacher, Poaching, poaching syndicate, professsional hunters, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Tugela Private Game Reserve, Vietnam, Vietnamese, white rhino, World Cup 2010
16 Jun 10
Every now and then, we all need to take a “cute” break. Enjoy!
This adorable baby white rhino named “Eco” is just four weeks old, and he’s out for a romp with his mum at Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: There’s nothing cuter than a baby [...]
29 May 10
Poachers have murdered a mother rhino and her young calf in Muldersdrift, West of Johannesburg.
The bodies of a mother rhino and her defenseless calf were found in the Lion Park in Kromdraai, both victims of a brutal slaying by poachers.
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Tagged Africa, baby rhino, calf, Ceratotherium simum, China, Chinese, Kromdraai, Lion Park, Muldersdrift, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, South Africa, superstition, Vietnam, white rhino
Tagged Africa, baby rhino, calf, Ceratotherium simum, China, Chinese, Kromdraai, Lion Park, Muldersdrift, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, South Africa, superstition, Vietnam, white rhino
11 Jan 10
Good news from Uganda: Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary has welcomed a third baby rhino!
2010 is off to a promising start at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, where a white rhino calf was born on January 2 – the third baby rhino following more than 25 years of regional extinction.
27 Dec 09
Nikki, a female Indian rhino at Cincinnati Zoo, will give birth in October 2010 to a calf conceived via artificial insemination.
Thanks to Cincinnati Zoo’s state-of-the-art research facility CREW (Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife), a baby Indian rhino is on the way!
And Nikki, the pregnant female rhino, has never even met the baby’s father: Her [...]
6 Dec 09
India’s Bagha-Chitauni rail link has unexpectedly created a swampy new home for a family of rhinos.
Although in the 1990’s, Bihar forest officials fought – and lost – a legal battle to stop the railway track relaying project, today they couldn’t be happier: The obstruction has created 1,000 hectares of swampy rhino habitat.
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