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[funnywildlife]

Sad #RhinoFriday News as 2 rhinos killed, dehorned in Eastern Cape. On a positive note, some of the poachers where apprehended. Please support #wildlifeprotection agencies so that they can help fight #wildlifecrime & save wildlife. Read on: https://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/two-rhinos-killed-dehorned-in-eastern-cape-bbb771a1-c562-457f-ba40-eb962660f0b8 #SaveRhinos #WorthMoreAlive #StopPoaching #savetherhinos #rhino https://www.instagram.com/p/CoesrwisMml/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[keepingitneutral]

HAPPY WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2021!

This is our moment!

We cannot turn back time. But we can grow trees, green our cities, rewild our gardens, change our diets and clean up rivers and coasts. We are the generation that can make peace with nature.

Let’s get active, not anxious. Let’s be bold, not timid!

Join #GenerationRestoration

https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/

Photo: Przemyslaw Koch / rangizzz - stock.adobe.com

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Criminals, beware! We Land Rover owners encourage and celebrate being pulled over by our finest in blue. If you aquire a vehicle without paying for it then your collar is likely to be felt by the most scolding of fuzz, and you'll be sent to jail for a minimum of 100,000 years and 3 days! Picture by Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team (Facebook) "DEFENDER CHECKS: The team are out and about doing what they can to try to make rural Cheshire safer and disrupt those involved in #RuralCrime #WildlifeCrime #HeritageCrime & #WasteCrime Just spoken to the owners of this #Defender who were pleased to see us around. Sgt Simpson" #landrover #Defender90 #landroverdefender #landroverphotoalbum #inkyenston #Snowdonia #Cheshire https://www.instagram.com/p/CPnBi5sNp7z/?utm_medium=tumblr

[edinzphoto]

A few days ago the Department of Conservation released photos of two men shooting Black-billed gulls at their colony in Rotorua - a colony that hasn't managed to fledge chicks for some years now. These birds are critically endangered. They're unique to New Zealand. They have the unenviable title of the world's most endangered gull species. If they had been kākāpo, there would have been uproar. But no one seems to care much about our endemic seabirds. Why? They're just as endangered, and just as precious. ⠀ ⠀ #conservationphotography #seabirdstory #seabird #endangeredspecies #conservation #nzwildlife #nzbirds #yearofthebird #raw_birds #your_best_birds #birds_brilliance #birds_adored #extinction #wildlifecrime #nikonnz #conservationbiology #wildlifeconservation #seabirdscience #wildlife_photographer #birdstagram #aotearoa #newzealand #gull #birds #birdstagram #extinctionisforever https://www.instagram.com/p/Bttx3j2BNbM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1by4tu3avzkmj

[valentinagambino5]

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#Repost @worldanimalnews (@get_repost) ・・・ By: @dr.evanantin 🙌🦏🙏 - A baby #WhiteRhino! This species was originally called the "Wide Rhino" because of its wide (and adorably kissable) upper lip in comparison to the Black Rhino's pointed upper lip. The name eventually "evolved" into the 'White Rhino.' And is this leh'el behbeh Rhino not the most absurdly precious face you've ever seen!??? - - This orphaned Rhino is at the @rhinopridefoundation Rhino Orphanage and they do really incredible work to help orphaned Rhinos and Rhino conservation in South Africa. I'm so thankful for their efforts to help preserve this iconic African species. - - It freakin destroys me that Rhinos are brutally abused and mutilated when being poached for their horns for Asia's Rhino horn trade. That's how this baby lost her mom btw. Certain cultural traditions believe that when the horns are ground to a powder they can then be consumed giving people power and libido and fight disease. It is a myth! - But did you know Rhino horn is simply made of keratin? - - And did you know keratin is the same exact stuff that your nails and hair are made of? - - The outer layers of bird beaks and turtle/tortoise shells are also made of keratin. There is absolutely ZERO scientific evidence that the consumption of Rhino horns, or any keratin for that matter, can elevate your libido or really change your endocrinology or physiology at all. I feel silly even saying that because I always thought that was pretty obvious but apparently a lot of people don't realize that. #DontBuyRhinoHorn #EndTheTrade 👊- 🌍 @worldanimalnews @peace_4animals ST⛔️P #wildlifetrade #EndPoaching #WildlifeCrime #rhinohorntrade🚫 Save #Rhinos #worthmorealive #BanTrophyHunting #protectwildlife #wildlifeaddicts

[funnywildlife]

In other News! Spanish police seize more than 1,000 stuffed animals, including endangered and extinct species, part of a private collection worth around $32 million in what they have described as "one of the largest ever" illegal wildlife busts in Europe. The owner of the property who continues to be investigated for wildlife smuggling has not been arrested, according to the statement. Read on: https://www.livescience.com/1000-taxidermy-animals-seized-in-spain * (Photo credits: Spanish Civil Guard) #WildlifeCrime #endangeredspecies (at Bétera) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcUdOd0sbNL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[funnywildlife]

“Wildlife In Crisis” Conservation #wildographer & @rememberingwildlife #RememberingGreatApes esteemed contributor @maxime_aliaga_photography’s thought-provoking photograph 'Captif' was shot in Malaysia, where young orangutans are often poached from their mothers and sold as pets on the black market. Although it is illegal to hold a wild animal in domestic captivity in Malaysia, Maxime explains that it still “is a mark of richness for some families to have a young orangutan". This power image won the public vote in the @environmental_photographer_oty announced by Prince Albert 11 of Monaco Foundation. * Be sure to follow @maxime_aliaga_photography for more of his wonderful work and if you love great apes, care about their future & fancy a stunning coffee table book then please consider buying Remembering Great Apes, available in all major book stores, including @amazon https://buyrememberingwildlife.com/ #Wildography #PA2F #environmentalphotographyawards #orangutan #wildlifecrime #stoppoaching #captivitykills #protectwildlife #wildlifeprptection #wildlifelovers (at Malaysia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBc0XoAC_z/?utm_medium=tumblr

[funnywildlife]

Justice For Rafiki Uganda’s beloved Silverback Mountain Gorilla killed at Bwindi Forest as lead poacher gets sentenced to 11 years in jail. https://nilepost.co.ug/2020/07/30/rafikipoacher-jailed-11-years-for-killing-ugandas-rare-silverback-mountain-gorilla/ You can also fight poaching by supporting @greatplainsfoundation effort: Stop a Poacher. Sponsor a Ranger. Save a Species. https://greatplainsfoundation.com/ranger/ #WildlifeCrime #StopPoaching #endangeredspecies #mountaingorilla #bwindi #rafiki #rafikigorilla https://www.instagram.com/p/CDTmzsegCfF/?igshid=f8jiythhf46q