Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Police seized tiger bones, anteater scales and bear gall bladders in an international operation against the use of endangered plants and animals in traditional medicine, officers said Friday. Illegal animal and plant products with a retail value of 10 million euros (13.6 From the AFP.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 15, 2010

Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds. To learn more about them, and other amazing animals at the park, be sure to visit their website.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. If not knowing this information any longer and thus suspecting you might be suffering from dementia, there are always some other animals around to facilitate assisted suicide. Lucky him, right?

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 23, 2010

The duo will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in a few months. Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Elephants are nowhere more abundant and one can often find oneself in the midst of a peaceful, grazing family herd, a special experience indeed to be so close to such huge animals. Sunset over the Ngorongoro Crater, a sight to behold!

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

November 12, 2008) – Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby white rhinoceros on Wednesday, Nov. Busch Gardens participates in the American Zoological and Aquarium Association (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) to ensure genetic diversification among threatened and endangered animals in zoological facilities. TAMPA, Fla.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Depending on the time of year, other alcids to expect include Pigeon Guillemots, Common Murres , Rhinoceros Auklets and Cassin’s Auklets. At the very northern end of their breeding range in the Channel Islands, they are strictly a Californian bird as far as the U.S. is concerned. They are small and adorable.

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MARCH 3, 2016

We haven’t seen the reason yet, but suddenly you could have palpated a tension in the air that made the zebras step away and even one female Ostrich stand up… Then the Lord of the waterhole came – the White Rhinoceros. Well, one reason might be – this animal is not only endangered, but even rarer than the Tiger!

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild. a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait. The Atlanta Zoo in Georgia is borrowing Chengdu’s winning technique to help try and have a baby of its own.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. So, you would have a “Hippopotamus Egret”, a “Rhinoceros Egret” or an “Elephant Bird” ( source ).

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JUNE 27, 2022

Inside the camps, you are allowed to walk around freely – outside, this privilege is reserved for the animals. Presumably, the Natal Spurfowl thinks the Kruger Park is good habitat, with all the big animals around – the HBW remarks (with a slight hint of disapproval) that the species forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung.

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MARCH 11, 2011

After seeing Rhinoceros Auklets and Xantus’s Murrelets on the first half of Sunday’s San Diego Bird Festival pelagic trip, we reached Mexico’s Islas Cornado (Coronado Islands), four rocky islands off the coast of northern Baja California. Duncan, I’m also entertained by your comment!

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Animals of Kruger National Park by Keith Barnes is the animal guide I wish I had when I visited South Africa. It would have been useful to have more information about the rest camps that define each route, but I understand that there is a fine line (maybe even a broad one) between writing an animal guide and a tourist guide.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. Like with animal rights, the goals of conservation and hunting are not quite lined up, but they can be quite similar. Conservation Animal Rights hunting'

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APRIL 2, 2014

The highlight is the river, and each morning and evening boats work their way up and down the rivers with tourists looking for Asian Elephants , Bornean Orangutans , Proboscis Monkeys , Saltwater Crocodiles and other exciting animals. The truly lucky might see Bornean Clouded Leopards or the endemic Flat-faced Cat at night.

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