Thirty endangered white rhinos arrived in Rwanda on Monday after travelling from South Africa in a Boeing 747, in what conservationists have said is the largest single transfer of the species ever undertaken. Weighing up to two tonnes, the majestic animals travelled some 3,400 kilometres from South Africa’s Phinda Private Game Reserve as part of […]
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No rhinos were poached in Kenya last year thanks to better policies
Last year marks the first year since 1999 that zero rhinos were poached in Kenya. GREAT NEWS! Kenya Wildlife Service says no rhinos were killed by poachers in the country in 2020 – the first time in more than 20 years. Via BBC pic.twitter.com/4tOyHGERIO — Hamza Mohamed (@Hamza_Africa) February 4, 2021 Travel restrictions resulting from […]
US-Saudi relations under change, their Heyday has gone
Alwaght- The US-Saudi friendship at the present time is not as golden as two decades ago- the good days in which such Saudi princes as Bandar bin Sultan, the former kingdom’s intelligence chief who is known as “Bandar Bush” stepped out of the formality of the diplomatic etiquettes and held warm personal relations with the […]
Hospital Lets Pets Visit Their Sick Humans To Make Them Feel Better
Juravinski hospital in Ontario, Canada allows pets to visit their seriously ill humans. The hospital adopted a program called Zachary’s Paws for Healing, launched by Donna Jenkins. She was inspired by her 25-year-old nephew, Zachary, who benefited greatly from having his dogs around him while he was battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “While Zachary was in the […]
Merkel: “Invaders will Go Home”
In the clearest sign yet of her detachment from reality, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has claimed that the vast majority of nonwhite invaders who have poured into Germany at her request will “go home” all by themselves. Speaking before a Christian Democratic Party meeting in Baden-Württemberg, just prior to state elections there this coming […]
Growing numbers of rhinos poached for horns in South Africa: minister
A rhino looks through the bars of a holding pen at the Kruger National Park on March 2, 2015 The number of rhinos killed by poachers in South Africa continued to climb this year, with demand for rhino horn in Asia pushing the slaughter ever higher, the government said Sunday. As of August 27, the […]