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Endangered Species of the Day: A sedated Black Rhino is transported by air from South Africa’s Eastern Cape to a new habitat in the northeastern province of Limpopo as part of the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project — an ambitious conservation campaign that aims to “increase the range and numbers of black rhino in South Africa.”
Nature conservation organisations are fighting an uphill battle to save the critically endangered species, as rumors of the rhino horn’s cancer-curing abilities fuel poaching that has claimed the lives of over 350 rhinos in South Africa this year alone.
There are believed to be fewer than 4,240 Black Rhinos remaining.
Source: thedailywhat
Cool things about my *actual* job: sometimes, I get...helping stuff like this happen. FYI:...
So they transport it upside down, hanging...its feet hundreds
the only way to travel
If you looked at...cause you might not have
that looks mighty uncomfortable.
So many problems could be solved if humans would stop being greedy idiots. If humans would stop doing bad things. Think...
doing this. But looking at this picture...looks miserable.