how rhinos were doomed to disappear from the face of the earth due to man’s folly‚ greed‚ and neglect. Rhinos once roamed many places throughout Eurasia and Africa and were known to early Europeans who depicted them in cave paintings. Long ago they were widespread across Africa’s savannas and Asia’s tropical forests‚ but today very few rhinos survive outside national parks and reserves. 52 years after the article we find that the diceros bicornis or the black rhino is indeed doomed. This rhino has
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Rhino Poaching facts: A total of 158 rhino have been poached since the beginning of the year. In the Kruger National Park‚ 116 rhino had been poached‚ the department of environmental affairs said in a statement. Thirteen were poached in North West‚ 12 in KwaZulu-Natal‚ nine in Mpumalanga and eight in Limpopo. Sixty-one people had been arrested: 38 of them alleged poachers and three alleged couriers‚ the department said. In the past week‚ two poachers were arrested in the KNP. Nine people had
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Rhinoceros‚ often abbreviated as rhino‚ is a group of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia. Rhino species size comparison: Indian Rhino‚ over 1.8m‚ White Rhino‚ 1.8m‚ Black Rhino ‚ over 1.5m‚ Javan Rhino‚ 1.5m and Sumatran Rhino‚ 1.4m The Rhinos belong to the few present mega-fauna that still alive today. All species can weight more than a ton‚ and the White Rhino considered the second largest
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Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the living rhinoceroses. They live in lowland swamps or montane forests. The Sumatran rhino feeds on fruit‚ twigs‚ leaves‚ and bark. The two current subspecies of the Sumatran rhinos can be found in Southeast Asia‚ Indonesia‚ and Malaysia. Sumatran rhinos are among the most threatened rhinoceros species; consequently‚ they are potentially the most endangered rhino species (there are currently fewer than two hundred Sumatran rhinos in the world.) There are some
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killing a rhino mother whist the rhino child was losing his mother protection. This is directly challenging a cultural belief (Johnson‚ n.d.).Wildlife conservation has been a problematic global issue in recent years. Rhinoceros are large animals from Africa and Asia which are in danger of extinction. Braam Malherbe is a conservationist for protecting our planet’s biodiversity (Malherbe‚ 2013). He has joined many campaigns for protecting rhinos. Also‚ he shared his editorial ‘The rhino wars- a comprehensive
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2012‚ 668 rhinos were poached in South Africa. As of January 2013 it increased to 946‚ these animals were being poached at a rate of 2 per day. That is a lot of rhinos dying but not for a good reason. Today it is illegal to poach but still rhinos and elephants and a lot of other animals are killed every day for their ivory. This should stop happening because it is inhumane‚ all the animals are dying off and for the safety and continuation of humankind. One reason that I think that poaching should
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an essential conservation and wildlife management tool and can fund anti poaching efforts. Wildlife management programs are extremely costly to maintain. The South African government spent 7 million dollars to support anti poaching security measures‚ hire municipal police‚ and for military forces to assist in protecting threatened wildlife. Those measures were still not sufficient in preventing the rise in poaching or in increasing and improving the habitats. Last year alone poachers killed
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you travel to Africa with the hope to see wild animals‚ such as rhinos‚ giraffes‚ elephants and chimpanzees‚ only to find nothing but the samples displayed in the museum. Underneath the display‚ there is the sign saying” Rhinos‚ the world-famous animals‚ existed from 500 B.C to 2014 A.D.‚ Cause of death: Human poaching”. Looking at the animal‚ shouldn’t we feel guilty for human indifference to animals and heavy massacre before? Poaching is the first reason that causes the extinction of wild animals
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referred to as “White Gold” can provide a substantial reward for poachers. Poachers are illegal animal hunters‚ they kill and sell body parts of animal. “Skyrocketing poaching levels are driven by tremendous growth in the retail price of rhino horn‚ from around $4‚700 per kilogram in 1993 to around $65‚000 per kilogram in 2012. Rhino horn is now worth more‚ per unit weight‚ than gold‚ diamonds” (Rice2008). The raw ivory obtained by poachers is sold to wholesalers and craftsmen and is often shipped
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Introduction According to the article‚ Rhino poaching is in no way shown as moral. The ethical issues I see are that people are ignoring the fact that this horrible act is occurring and many people who do know about it won’t do anything about it‚ but are able to waste time watching pointless videos. The You Tube interventions took a moral approach to help with the petition. Although some were offended‚ the majority signed the petition and became more aware of the world around them. Utilitarianism
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