Black Rhinoceros

“Black Rhinoceros”(www.bagheera.com) The Black Rhinoceros are not completely extinct, but it critical.The reason that the Black Rhino’s are being hunted is because of their horns. The horns on them are very valuable and can also be used for other things. There were 65,000 Black Rhino’s in 1970 and now almost 90 percent of them were killed. Now there is 2,500 left in the whole entire world. Their horns are packed with fibers that hold it together that make it strong. They have two horns instead of one and they can grow up to 20 inches (50cm). “Black Rhinoceros”(www.bagheera.com) The Black Rhino was being killed even more now because they are using their horns and turning them into daggers for money. The reason of that being because the amount of oil was decreasing fast. The two horns of one Black Rhinoceros would be up to $50,000. In 1993 the United States threaten to ban legal items of wildlife from China. Now China made it illegal to sell, buy,…

population is estimated at five thousand, they are currently a critically endangered species. Majority of rhinoceros live in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Kenya. Historically from the year 200 B.C to 200 A.D, rhinoceros horns along with their blood, skin, and urine have been in high demand in oriental Asia due to the belief that these body parts serve as ailments…

before he gets too far away he returns to put a locator in the child’s teeth for future use and then escapes. This young boy finally wakes up to see a dead carcass of what used to be his mother and is totally distraught. Five years later, the implanted locator is triggered because the young son is now of age to be hunted. History is now repeating itself and the son will suffer the same fate as his mother. This brutal activity is actually happening in our world today but with animals like the…

even within the supposed shelter of national parks. Other animals poaching is effecting are Rhino’s there horn was reported to be selling for $65,000 in 2012, making it more expensive by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine. Illegal killings hit another record high at 393 in the 12 months leading up to April. Finding themselves faced with more and more mutilated rhino carcasses, horns sometimes hacked off while the animals were still alive, authorities are resorting to increasingly drastic…

The fight to save our rhinos is getting an upgrade. The new technology, known as Rapid (Real-time Anti-Poaching Intelligence Device) is impressive. Plus, there's top-secret spy cameras involved. It's one last, drastic effort to save rhinos from extinction. "Rapid Renders Poaching a Pointless Exercise" As reported in The Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rhinos-horns-to-be-fitted-with-spy-cameras-and-alarms-to-help-catch-poachers-10400423.html endangered rhinos will…

value of ivory and discourage poachers from poaching. Currently, 400 species of animals are endangered in Africa. Black rhinos are critically endangered and their numbers are down 97% since 1960. Rhino horn is believed to treat hangovers, fever, and cancer. Buyers are willing to pay around 30,000 dollars a pound, more than the price of gold. Last year, 35,000 African Elephants were killed. Their ivory is sought after to make jewelry, utensils, trinkets, and religious figurines. 70% of all ivory…

Rhinoceros, written 1958, and published 1959 is one of Ionesco’s most popularized plays. It opens on a usual Sunday in a town, where abruptly a rhinoceros is sighted twice by the townspeople. Initially some wonderment is expressed about the strangeness of this happening, but eventually a great deal of discussion is devoted to whether the two sightings were of the same rhino or of two different ones, and whether the rhino(s) belonged to the African or Asian species. Soon it becomes evident that…

Since 2006, the tally on Africa’s rhino war stands at more than 1,000 poached rhinos, 22 poachers killed, and more than 200 poachers arrested (Sohrabian 2013:16). In an effort to alleviate the pressure on the species, some have proposed to legalize trade in rhinoceros horn. It is the belief of such advocates that “rangers and conservationists could win the war if rhino horns were farmed on a large scale” (Sohrabian 2013:16). Unlike elephants who die when their tusks are removed, rhinos can…

All rhinos are grey even though they are named white or black. The difference between a white and black rhino, is the black rhino has a “pointed upper lip”(White Rhinoceros, 2015). Their diets are also different, with one of them eating grass and the other eating tree leaves. How do these amazing animals tie into my book? The main animal in the book Big Game is Rhonda, the white rhino who is being targeted by a poacher. White rhinos have a lot of problems in the real world with poachers too,…

Rhinoceroses are mammals that have sub-species occurring in Africa, South America and parts of Asia. These mammals have a nasal horn which consists of a protein called keratin. Rhinos are poached for their horn. In many Asian cultures rhino horn is believed to have magical properties. This has led to the increase in rhino poaching. Rhino poaching is the act of illegally harvesting rhino horn for sale on the black market. Rhinos are killed by poachers as it is easier to harvest the horn from a…