All Posts Tagged With: "Rhinoceroses"

Black rhinos released in Tanzania in ‘most ambitious’ relocation of mammals ever

Five of the world’s most critically endangered animals spent their first day in a new home over the weekend after the start of the “most ambitious” international relocation of large mammals ever undertaken. By Mike Pflanz in the Serengeti National Reserve – telegraph.co.uk Three female and two male Eastern Black Rhinoceroses were airlifted on a [...]

24May2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Black rhino calf makes Dubbo zoo debut

AAP A black rhinoceros calf has made her public debut at NSW’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo, watched by hordes of excited children on school holidays. Born on February 17, the calf is the latest addition to the Dubbo zoo’s rhino herd, which includes white, black and Indian rhinoceroses. After weeks of careful monitoring away from [...]

13Apr2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Australia Zoo to cover the world

From The Sunshine Coast Daily AFRICAN plains, Madagascan rainforests and North American mountains. It will not be long until the world comes to the Sunshine Coast. Within five years, Australia Zoo at Beerwah, the state’s top tourism destination, will take on a distinctly international flavour. Plans are under way to expand the zoo, which covers [...]

29Nov2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

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 [...]

10Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

200-Plus Deals Made Among Tampa Zoo, CEO, Polk Park

By STEVE ANDREWS | News Channel 8 An 8 On Your Side examination of Lowry Park Zoo reveals more than 200 animal transactions during the past three years among the zoo, its chief executive officer, Lex Salisbury, and a private exotic-animal park he is developing in Polk County. Questions about the mingling of assets arose after [...]

2Oct2008 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued