RHINO FACTS AS OF MAY 10, 2015
550 Rhino’s killed since January 2015
432 Rhino’s killed in Kruger National Park this year 2015
8 Rhino’s killed last weekend
4.5 Rhino’s killed everyday
1 Rhino killed every 5 hours
‘Canned hunting’: Lions Bred for Slaughter
This article on the Guardian talks about lions that are raised in captivity, then briefly released into fenced areas for hunters who pay to shoot them.
Read the whole article here:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/03/canned-hunting-lions-bred-slaughter
South Africa Sees Record Year for Rhino Poaching
Poachers are decimating the Rhino and Elephant populations and it is all due to man’s greed.
The world is sitting on the sidelines while these thugs are killing our world’s heritage in huge numbers. These animals and others need our voices to be heard now.
Tell your friends…let us work together to stop this carnage. We must […]
African elephants facing ‘extinction,’ Botswana summit hears
Botswana is one of the very few countries which is taking a stand to save the indigenous wildlife of Africa. We applaud their leadership for standing up to the thugs of this world and saying “Enough is Enough”.
South Africa, a more prosperous and adjoining country to Botswana, lost over 1215 Rhinos last year. Kruger Park […]
African elephants could be extinct in wild within decades, experts say
It is estimated that one Elephant is killed every 15 minutes of every day. In the last three years over 100,000 have died for their often small ivory tusks. Countries such as China and Thailand, are the big forces behind the demise
of these precious creatures. At last count China had 13 ivory factories. Elephants truly […]
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Dying Mother Rhino Leads Her Calf To Safety
This story will touch your heart. In November of 2012 poachers killed 8 Rhinos but one cow was able to save her calf. This story by Daily Mail of the UK captures the bond between mother and child (cow and calf).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238694/Dying-rhino-leads-calf-safety-final-act-motherly-love-game-reserve-poachers-day-killing-spree-South-Africa.html