How and where to see rhinos in the wildFleischer, P
We don't even know how many narwhals there are in the world. Aerial surveys can only tell us so much. Not knowing how many narwhals there are makes it harder to figure out how many we have left and how many are disappearing. Environmentalists decry hunting quotas imposed by the governm...
In some parts of the world they are revered and protected; in other places they are captured and eaten for dinner. One thing is certain: They’re everywhere.
White rhinos, on the other hand, were the first to get the conservation treatment, which enabled them to grow from a mere 100 individuals in 1895 to 18,000 rhinos now, but that number is again on the decline due to poaching.Rhinos are sought by poachers for their horns © Courtesy of...
Day tours generally visit the Whovi game reserve in the morning (famous for its rhinos), then the haunting hills of the main park in the afternoon. Back to top Bulawayo to Harare by train This train used to run daily, but was reduced to 3 times a week in 2009. Expect an arrival an...
protection of conservancy rangers and staff, they have successfully bred 16 rhinos in the last 20 years, with the most recent calf born in February 2023. Still, the animals are critically endangered due to poaching for their horns. There are only 5,500 left according to theWorld Wildlife Fund...
The last wild northern white rhinos were hunted and killed during conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the past ten years.Rhinos are killed because many people in Asia want the animals'horns (角).They believe the horns will help with medical problems.But researchers say there is...
It is the fourth-largest illegal market, and many animals, such as rhinos, pangolins, and some species of parrots and sharks, are at risk of extinction due to their popularity on the black market. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ...
As conservation efforts are taking place to protect some of the world's most vulnerable species, you might start hearing more about thoseanimals that are endangered and critically endangered, with the latter the most at risk of dwindling population numbers. Among these include black rhinos, African...
are home to people who travel to other countries to kill elephants. Year after year, the path to many of the biggest, most horrific elephant killings traces back to Sudan, which has no elephants left but gives comfort to foreign-born poacher-terrorists and is home to the janjaweed and othe...