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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

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The annual number of rhino poached in South Africa last year rose to 1,215, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa told a media briefing in Pretoria two weeks ago. On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide.

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better policy: between 2013 and 2017, well over a thousand rhinos were annually poached in South Africa.

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Where’s BBOTY?

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Large clumps of droppings, yet to be broken down by bugs, bacteria, or a returning rhino, were used as slightly raised perches. It was warm, I had time, a great vantage and the thrill that the rhino might feel the call of nature and appear at any moment. They were chasing flies around a rhinoceros midden.

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Bowling for Rhinos

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Please join the Utah Chapter American Association of Zookeepers (AAZK) for their 18th annual “Bowling for Rhinos” on Friday, May 1st. Collect $50 in pledges (in addition to your registration fee) and receive a Bowling For Rhinos T-shirt and entry into one door prize category.

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The Amusing Case of the Gulf Breeze Zoo Canada Geese

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The first time I visited the 30 acre enclosure, I walked the raised boardwalk over the space with eyes wide. Just beyond a fence, a pair of rhino adults and one baby munched contentedly on hay. In the spring, I bought an annual member pass that allows me to pop in and out whenever I have a free morning.

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Shadows of Africa

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They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them. A few dozen shots later, I stop and reach for binoculars – I want to observe and enjoy them.

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My Top 12 Wildlife Watching Moments

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Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. 10000birds.com/is-my-rhino-still-alive.htm. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us.

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