March 31, 2007

Saving rhinos from extinction

Filed under: General by Orangemaster @ 10:15 am
White rhino

According to the Beekse Bergen safari park in Noord-Brabant, Thursday, 29 March was the first time eggs have been successfully harvested from a southern white rhino, the one in question weighing 1,900 kilos. The eggs are to be frozen, fertilised and then inseminated into surrogate rhino mothers. These lucky mothers can look forward to an 18-month pregnancy followed by giving birth to a calf weighing about 66 kilos. White rhinos have two horns and are one of world’s largest land animals after elephants. They can grow to around 2730 kilos. Oh, and they are an endangered species.

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March 28, 2007

Do not swap endangered species for words

Filed under: General by Branko Collin @ 12:41 pm

zebra-stripes.jpgWith the slogan “will only words remain?”, these adverts warn against the extinction of rare animal species using images consisting of the names of the endangered species. The video adverts are particularly impressive, though I also like this particular one depicting a zebra crossing.

(Via Houtlust, here and here. Official IFAW campaign site)

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