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Heartbreaking image of baby rhino orphaned after poachers kill six in just ONE night on South African reserve
Six rhinos were shot and butchered for their horns in just one night on a South African reserve.
Poachers targeted the animals in KwaZulu-Natal's flagship Hluhluwe-Imfolozi reserve over the weekend.
At least 11 gunshots were heard during Sunday night, and when rangers went out to search in daylight they discovered a bloodbath.
Six rhinos were dead and all had their horns hacked off, News24 in South Africa reports.
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Source: Daily Mirror UK
This Rescued Bald Eagle Is a Survivor—and So Is the Species
A bald eagle rescued in Washington, D.C. is on its way to Delaware for a final health check before being sent back home. Disheveled and unable to fly, the bird was recovered Saturday from a bush after a thunderstorm.
A city official guessed that "patient 17-1125" may be one of a pair dubbed Liberty and Justice living in a nest outside the Metropolitan Police Academy, about two miles from the rescue site—likely the male, Justice, based on its weight and talon size.
The eagle pair and their three-month-old baby were already famous as one of two bald eagle pairs in Washington, D.C., that the public can watch on a live video feed. On Tuesday morning the live cam on Liberty and Justice's nest showed no activity, but their eaglet, Spirit, appeared in earlier citizen reports over the last two days.
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Source: National Geographic
Six KZN rhino killed in one night
DURBAN - Poachers killed six rhinos in a single night at one of KwaZulu-Natal's biggest game reserves.
Rangers found the carcasses of six white rhino with their horns dehorned at the at the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi reserve on Monday morning.
"To lose six Rhinos in one night is devastating," said KZN Ezemvelo Wildlife spokesman Musa Mntambo.
Mntambo said field rangers had heard gunshots go off late on Sunday night. Rangers and anti-poaching unit investigators found the dead Rhino's in Mbhuzane area. The gender and age of the Rhinos have not been divulged yet.
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Source: http://iol.co.za
British troops tackling elephant poachers selling ivory to fund terror
British troops are being deployed to catch elephant poachers in Africa as part of the fight against terrorism.
UK soldiers have been stationed in Gabon to protect rare forest elephants from hunters who slaughter the animals for their ivory and use the profits to fund extremism across the continent.
The British Army assembled a squad of 16 elite servicemen after receiving an SOS call from authorities in the central African country, the Daily Mirror reported.
Full story at http://ind.pn/2tFsfL9
Source: Independent
Hampton Court Flower Show - Ivory poaching, flooding and climate change
They were once havens of colourful escape from the worries and pressures of the world.
However flower show gardens are now just as much about politics as horticulture, according to experts.
Visitors to this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower show expecting to be dazzled by magical arrays of tulips and petunias may be in for a sobering surprise.
Full story at http://bit.ly/2tFoQwd
Source: The Telegraph
NOW IT'S WAR' Wildlife park kills vile poacher caught stripping ivory from dead elephant
A NOTORIOUS poacher has been shot dead as he was stripping ivory from an elephant in the park where Cecil the Lion was slaughtered.
The poacher who died was on bail for illegal hunting when his gang was confronted by park rangers and police in Zimbabwe’s famous Hawange National Park.
A second poacher was also badly wounded in the operation launched after shots were heard ringing out near the park’s main camp.
After finding one bull elephant with its tusks removed, the patrol then came across the poachers removing ivory from a second elephant.
Full story at http://bit.ly/2tF1NRY
Source: Express.co.uk
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