All Posts Tagged With: "Rhinoceroses"

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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 28 hectares, to 141ha [...]

29Nov2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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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
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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 The Tampa [...]

2Oct2008 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued
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