Planet Rhino
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Keeping you informed about the rhino crisis and our work in the areas of protection, rescue, and community and, critically, how you can help!
TCU, Fort Worth
Joined September 2017
"A study led by the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine has looked at the effects of hanging tranquillised black rhinoceroses upside down by their feet." #RhinoConservation
https://t.co/HiOnjpB2JY
vettimes.com
“Hanging rhinos upside down actually improved ventilation (albeit to a small degree) over rhinos lying on their sides” – Robin Radcliffe, Cornell University.
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"State banks on community conservancies to save endangered rhino species" #RhinoConservation
https://t.co/6UCVV2eFbh
standardmedia.co.ke
The State will support community-driven wildlife conservancies to increase the numbers of endangered species, with priority given to rhinos.
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"Standing With a Team Saving Rhinos, One Dehorning At A Time" #RhinoConservation
https://t.co/dlR0g9Kh4w
goodthingsguy.com
On World Rhino Day, we reflect on the emotional experience of witnessing a rhino dehorning; a heavy but hopeful step against poaching.
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We know that nature can make a huge difference for our mental health, so on #WorldMentalHealthDay we wanted to share a few seconds of peace in what is currently a very noisy world.
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"Rangers, cameras and helicopters as deterrents are not as effective as removal of prized horn" #RhinoConservation
https://t.co/rGmJC1hsuJ
nature.com
Nature Africa - Rangers, cameras and helicopters as deterrents are not as effective as removal of prized horn
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"Australia approves the world’s first chlamydia vaccine for koalas" #Australia
https://t.co/P8dz4jwPnT
news.mongabay.com
Australia’s veterinary medicine regulator has approved a vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia, one of the leading causes of koala infertility and death. Researchers found the single-dose vaccine...
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"Most unethical wildlife tourism is down to a simple lack of awareness. Rather than blaming ourselves for past mistakes, Rob Perkins says the important thing is to learn how we can do better in future" #AnimalWelfare
https://t.co/xIGSexHtk0
independent.co.uk
Most unethical wildlife tourism is down to a simple lack of awareness. Rather than blaming ourselves for past mistakes, Rob Perkins says the important thing is to learn how we can do better in future
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"The rhinoceros, under siege but not lost" #RhinoConservation
https://t.co/eQ1WwPbXTD
butlernature.com
For millennia, the rhinoceros stood as one of Earth’s great survivors, armored and immense, its bulk anchoring the landscapes of Africa and Asia. Today, it is perilously close to vanishing. A recent...
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"Meet Four Rhinos, Two Orphaned, Now Thriving in the Wild!" #RhinoConservation
https://t.co/1rWR0TFmjC
goodthingsguy.com
Meet Mbuzane, Ndumo, Tower and 6toe... four rhinos with larger-than-life personalities proving that conservation is as much about joy
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"A suspected poacher carrying rhino horns was shot and arrested, while a second suspect escaped and remains at large." #Kruger
https://t.co/HL9BlAwO3f
citizen.co.za
A suspected poacher carrying rhino horns was shot and arrested, while a second suspect escaped and remains at large.
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"The near-extinction of rhinos is at risk of being normalised" #extinction
https://t.co/bAMwahSFJQ
theconversation.com
A new report shows rhino numbers are now stable – but still only a fraction of what they once were.
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"In this op ed, Roger Collinson attempts to step back from that noise and offer perspective: the kind that comes from five decades of lived experience in the spaces where conservation, tourism, and hunting overlap – sometimes neatly, often not." https://t.co/RbS5HrcrHt
africageographic.com
To cull or not to cull? Madikwe's elephant crisis forces discussions about culling, hunting and tourism. Expert Roger Collinson writes
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"Killing without proof — the hidden motives behind Madikwe’s elephant cull plans" #SouthAfrica
https://t.co/EKLbu22IBR
dailymaverick.co.za
Claims of ‘overpopulation’ sound less like science and more like a cover for old practices dressed in ecological rhetoric.
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"Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation" #ClimateCrisis
https://t.co/YQRDpMpDvR
theguardian.com
Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation
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"Freedom Mabilane, 38, and Tshifhiwa Ramuhashi, 49, were convicted in the Skukuza Regional Court on Friday for a poaching incident dating back to May 2018." #rhinopoaching
https://t.co/0BzdsaDSzC
witness.co.za
Freedom Mabilane, 38, and Tshifhiwa Ramuhashi, 49, were convicted in the Skukuza Regional Court for a poaching incident dating back to May 2018.
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"Lighting the Way for Lazula, SPAR Rhino Firelighters Fuel Rhino Care" #rhinoconservation
https://t.co/cfh3ADzPEC
goodthingsguy.com
SPAR’s Rhino Firelighter initiative raised over R87,000 for the Zululand Rhino Orphanage last year,
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"Beyond the ‘Six-Year Rule’: The fatal flaw in lion trophy hunting policies" https://t.co/iLzVJRTWn9
africageographic.com
Dr Paul Funston unpacks the scientific and ethical failures of lion trophy hunting policies – and the deadly cost to iconic pride males.
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"Kenyan court charges man for trading rhino horn years after conviction for ivory smuggling" #wildlifecrime
https://t.co/mW9RerDPKF
timeslive.co.za
A Kenyan court on Tuesday charged a man for trading two rhinoceros horns worth 8.2-million Kenyan shillings (R1.1m), nine years after he was jailed for ivory smuggling.
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