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Tags: RHINOCEROSES; SUMATRAN rhinoceros; ANIMAL populations; WILDLIFE conservation; POACHING; HUNTING; ENDANGERED species; EXTINCT animals; ANIMAL species
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- Time to save rhinoceroses. Tudge, Colin // New Scientist;9/28/91, Vol. 131 Issue 1788, p30
Focuses on the possible extinction of all five species of rhinoceroses and conservation schemes that are trying to keep these creatures alive. The complication of conservation of the African species; How protection has paid off for the black rhino; How much money must be spent; The Sumatran...
- Asian Rhinos. Orme, Helen // Rhinos in Danger;2007, p8
The article provides information on rhinoceroses that live in various parts of Asia. The three rhinos that live in Asia are the Indian rhino, Sumatran rhino and the Javan rhino. The Indian rhino is found in open places near rivers in Nepal and the north of India. The Sumatran rhino lives in the...
- Rare Rhinos. // Weekly Reader News - Edition 4;4/28/2006, Vol. 87 Issue 24, p2
The article reports on the discovery of the tracks of 13 Sumatran rhinoceroses in the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. The Sumatran rhinoceros is an endangered species. They are hunted for their horns, a valuable ingredient in traditional Asian medicine. Thus, the discovery of the said tracks...
- Does Recovery Planning Benefit Threatened Species? Bottrill, Madeleine // Australasian Science;Jul/Aug2011, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p46
The article assesses the effectiveness of recovery planning as a tool to arrest the population decline of threatened species in Australia. According to the author, the government has spent more than 17 million Australian dollars in the development of over 600 recovery plans to help over 850...
- Rhino Wars. Gwin, Peter // National Geographic;Mar2012, Vol. 221 Issue 3, p106
The article discusses the booming rhinoceros poaching industry in South Africa, its enemies, and efforts made by the opposition to curb the trade and protect rhinoceroses. Poachers kill rhinoceros for their horns which some believe, without scientific basis, posses medicinal value and sell them...
- Golden horn spells doom for African rhino. Nevin, Tom // African Business;May2011, Issue 375, p74
The article reports that the rhino of Southern and East Africa are once again being decimated by poachers. In the last year, some 500 rhinos are feared killed by poachers, 333 in South Africa alone as a kilogram of rhino horn has twice the value of gold. China is turning as the horn's big market...
- Is it time to legalise rhino horn trade? Sharife, Khadija // African Business;Jan2013, Issue 393, p28
The article offers information on the conservation of rhinoceroses in South Africa, which are killed for their horns. It states that hunting is big business in South Africa, especially where the animals including lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceroses and buffalo are concerned, which is giving...
- The ghosts of Way Kambas. Breining, Greg // International Wildlife;Sep/Oct98, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p22
Reports on the effort to conserve the Sumatran rhinoceros population at Indonesia's Way Kambas National Park. Start of an anti-poaching patrol; Implementation of a training program run by wildlife wardens; Other challenges and promises of Sumatran rhino conservation.
- Wolf Wars. // Scholastic News -- Edition 5/6;1/24/2011, Vol. 79 Issue 14, p2
The article focuses on a debate on whether gray wolves should be protected or hunted in the U.S. A report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found a remarkable increase in the gray wolf population that they were removed from the endangered-species in Idaho and Montana in 2009. Wildlife...
