All Posts Tagged With: "Black Rhinoceros"

Poaching crisis as rhino horn demand booms in Asia

WWF
Geneva, Switzerland — Rhino poaching worldwide is poised to hit a 15-year-high driven by Asian demand for horns, according to new research.
Poachers in Africa and Asia are killing an ever increasing number of rhinos—an estimated two to three a week in some areas—to meet a growing demand for horns believed in some countries to have [...]

10Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Cincinnati Zoo has black rhino again

By John Johnston – cincinnati.com
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has a black rhinoceros once again.
A 7-year-old, 2,500-pound rhino named Klyde was moved Wednesday evening to Cincinnati from the Columbus Zoo as part of a recommendation from the Special Survival Plan, a program developed by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums to boost the captive [...]

11Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Black Rhino Calf Born

Born to 10-year-old mum Kitani at Chester Zoo on Wednesday October 29, this calf is the first Black Rhino to be born at the zoo in 10 years and the first newborn for Kitani.
At just two days old, the Eastern Black Rhinoceros calf is still trying to find its feet.
But despite its [...]

31Oct2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Black rhino dies en route to Oregon Zoo

by Katy Muldoon, The Oregonian
Veterinarians and zookeepers from three states worked frantically for more than 16 hours Monday, but they could not save an endangered black rhinoceros that collapsed en route to the Oregon Zoo.
The 8-year-old rhino named Kipenzi, Swahili for “precious one,” died about 9:30 p.m. at the Phoenix Zoo. The cause of death [...]

8Oct2008 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued