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Save the black rhino! New bond launched to protect endangered species 

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Save the black rhino! World Bank launches ground-breaking new bond to protect endangered species By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 A ground-breaking  bond has been launched in a bid to save the black rhino.  It will be sold by the World … Read more

Black rhino calf takes her first wobbly steps at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo

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Rare newborn black rhino calf takes her first wobbly steps at Dubbo Zoo A rare rhino calf has taken her first wobbly steps at Taronga Western Plains Zoo  The critically endangered black rhino calf was born on Wednesday February 24   Footage showed the yet-to-be-named calf attempt to balance on her four legs  By Zoe Zaczek For … Read more

Ice age dog ate woolly rhino and died in landslide 14k years ago

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Researchers have uncovered what they believe was the unusual last meal of a prehistoric pup that lived 14,000 years ago. Following a reanalysis of the mummified canine, the team found preserved remains of a woolly rhinoceros hiding in its stomach – complete with the animal’s yellow fur.  The ancient canine, either a wolf or a … Read more

Ice age puppy dined on a surprising snack of woolly rhino before it died, paleontologists discover

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Researchers have uncovered what they believe was the unusual last meal of a prehistoric pup that lived 14,000 years ago. Following a reanalysis of the mummified canine, the team found preserved remains of a woolly rhinoceros hiding in its stomach – complete with the animal’s yellow fur.  The ancient pup appeared to have been frozen … Read more

Scientists using stem cells to rescue the nearly extinct Sumatran rhino, who number less than 80

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The Sumatran rhinoceros once thrived in rain forests and swamps across India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. Their numbers have fallen dangerously low in recent decades, though, the result of poaching, habitat loss, and fragmentation – leading the creature being classified as ‘critically endangered.’  Less 80 than survive, according to Save the Rhino, and all … Read more

Orphaned baby rhino treated to mud baths and belly rubs after being taken in by Kenyan carers

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Adorable images have shown exactly how an endangered baby black rhino gets to grips with the world, after the daily routine of a little ‘Apollo’ was documented by a rescue sanctuary in Africa. Apollo is a critically endangered baby black rhino who came into the care of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, who swooped in to … Read more