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2013 Youth Art Contest Semi-finalists Grades K-2 Amanda Liu Polar Bear Angela Liu Sandhill Crane Ann C. Sonu Spotted Owl Annabelle Chen Hawaii Honeycreeper Grand Prize Winner Ava Bribriesco American Burying Beetle 1st Place K-2 Hannah Chacko San Francisco Garter Continue Reading
Rhino horn is now more expensive (by weight) than gold or cocaine and as a result rhino poaching is reaching epidemic proportions. The number of rhino’s lost to poaching in South Africa climbed from 300 in 2010 to 668 in 2012! 232 rhinos Continue Reading
A rhino farmer in South Africa is planning to use surveillance drones designed for the US military to combat poachers who are driving theanimals towards extinction. Clive Vivier, cofounder of the Zululand rhino reserve in KwaZulu-Natal province, said he has been granted permission by Continue Reading
Over the last 4 year we have steadily seen the increase in rhino poaching in South Africa and around the world. The numbers are mind boggling considering we will loose rhinos in the wild in less than 10 years. Photo Continue Reading
White Rhinos are divided into two distinct subspecies: The Northern White Rhino and the Southern White Rhino. The Southern White Rhino is the least endangered of the living kinds of rhino, with a population of estimated 15,00- 20,600. Unfortunately, only Continue Reading