Rhino Poaching: An Extinction Crisis
October 18th, 2012 |
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In 2010 a black rhinoceros female named Phila survived two separate and brutal attempts on her life. In the first, poachers used a helicopter to attack the private game reserve where she lived in South Africa. Another rhino died in the assault. Phila escaped with two gunshot wounds. She was lucky, but her ordeal was [...]
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160 Video Cameras to Help Monitor Last 35 Javan Rhinos
April 27th, 2012 |
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Smile, you’re on endangered-species camera. The world’s last 35 Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros sondaicus) are a little bit safer this week as 120 new camera traps have been installed in Ujung Kulon National Park, located on the western corner of the island of Java, in Indonesia. The new video cameras were donated by the World Wildlife [...]
Keep reading »Rare Javan rhino killed by poachers
May 10th, 2010 |
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One of the world’s last Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) has been shot and killed by poachers in Vietnam, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday. The animal was shot and its horn, valued in traditional Asian medicine, was cut off. No one knows exactly how many Javan rhinos remain in the world, but estimates for [...]
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