Victoria, a southern white rhino at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, is pregnant. It’s an event of vital importance for a program to bring back her nearly extinct kin, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Black rhino Layla gets a forklift-aided CT scan in Brookfield
The forklift in the rhino enclosure and the team of at least 40 people around it were some of the signs that Tuesday, May 15, was not a normal day … Click to Continue »
Read More »With the last male ailing, the northern white rhino is almost gone
The beleaguered northern white rhinoceros moved closer to extinction this week after conservationists announced that the health of the only surviving male of the species was deteriorating. The rhino, named … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno zoo’s baby rhino has a big toy ball, and he knows what to do with it
Watch as Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s baby rhino spars with his “Boomer Ball.”. He’s not on exhibit yet, but the zoo just released this video of the calf having some fun in the sun. According to the zoo, there will be a naming contest soon. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bullet fragment shows Wallis the rhino survived poaching attempt
Now there’s no more doubt about it: Wallis the rhino was shot. A trail of clues that started more than a year ago with a wound on the left side … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bullet fragment shows Wallace the rhino survived poaching attempt
Now there’s no more doubt about it: Wallis the rhino was shot. A trail of clues that started more than a year ago with a wound on the left side … Click to Continue »
Read More »Vietnam, the biggest hub for illegal rhino horn trafficking, has done little to stop it
Vietnam has become the biggest hub in the world for trafficking in horns and other body parts of the rhinoceros, a critically endangered species that is being killed by poachers … Click to Continue »
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