dead Lone Rhinoceros

[charon 4,943]

Fantastic start then to Kevin Pietersons new career

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/en.as.com/en/2018/03/19/other_sports/1521471413_597737.amp.html

[maryportfuncity 10,657]

1 hour ago, charon said:

Fantastic start then to Kevin Pietersons new career

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/en.as.com/en/2018/03/19/other_sports/1521471413_597737.amp.html

 

He was once described as a man who'd travel the world so others could see him. So, is this late life humility or some convoluted stab at a life of guaranteed attention?

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Whilst on the topic of humans wiping out a species, here are 7 more that we can take credit for in the past couple decades.
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[Sir Creep 7,070]

After just celebrating his 37th birthday, Buzbie, the white rhino at the Tulsa Zoo, has passed away.   Buzbie has been part of the Tulsa Zoo family since 1982.

He and herd mate Jeannie have been together and often featured in our Wild Wednesday segments.  Buzbie had been experiencing some age-related health challenges and it came to the point that zookeepers felt it was necessary to euthanize him.
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[Joey Russ 7,229]

Is there a reason why this thread couldn’t be merged with animal antics? Otherwise, I could easily start another thread focused on apes or the like...

[charon 4,943]

 7 (seven) Black Rhinos die in a botched attempt to move them to safety.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/13/seven-endangered-black-rhinos-die-kenya-botched-relocation-attempted/

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Must have been an interesting rhino life.

 

A white rhinoceros who lived on a ranch owned by Capo Pablo Escobar died in Colombia on Friday, reported the park, which currently operates in the former Narco Exfinca. 

The animal named Vera died "because of the weight of the years," although he was afflicted with "degenerative osteoarthritis and joint disease in multiple hind limbs in old age," the Naples Hacienda Theme Park said in a statement. 

Vera was between 55 and 60 years old.

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[charon 4,943]

6 year old White Rhino pegs in Maryland zoo.

 

 

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/article225278600.html

 

[charon 4,943]

Stanley dead aged 49 in Carolina zoo.

 

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/article226361525.html

[Sir Creep 7,070]

A zookeeper in Florida was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after they were injured by a male rhinoceros named Archie. It happened during a training exercise at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.

The extent of the injuries is unclear.  The zoo says Archie remains on exhibit with two other rhinos, both females.

I can understand Archie's frustration.
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[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

 

Tam, the last male Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia, died recently, leaving the critically endangered species in peril. There are less than 80 Sumatran Rhinos thought to be alive in the wild and are the most endangered of all rhinoceros species.

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[time 8,624]

Sana, the oldest white rhino in captivity has died in a French zoo, aged 55.

[time 8,624]

The last Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia has died 'sooner than expected'.

 

The WWF estimates around 80 Sumatran rhinos remain, mostly in the wild in Sumatra. 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

12 hours ago, time said:

The last Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia has died 'sooner than expected'.

 

The WWF estimates around 80 Sumatran rhinos remain, mostly in the wild in Sumatra. 

Hmmm see my post June 16.

[time 8,624]

8 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Hmmm see my post June 16.

Your post of the 16 June refers to the last male Sumatran; mine refers to the last of either sex.

 

We can at least agree on the figure of approximately 80 Sumatrans extant.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Christmas Eve 2019 brought a special gift to the world when a rare baby black rhino was born at 5:40 a.m. at Lansing's Potter Park Zoo.

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(Edit: photos added, I dig the ‘tusks growing here soon’ spots)

[theoldlady 2,310]

3 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Christmas Eve 2019 brought a special gift to the world when a rare baby black rhino was born at 5:40 a.m. at Lansing's Potter Park Zoo.

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Finally some Wonderful news on this thread! Thank you! (My heart always sinks when some of these animal threads come up.)

[time 8,624]

Nonna Toby, the world's oldest white rhino, has died aged 54, collapsing on his way to bed at the Parco Natura Viva in Italy.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding programme aimed at saving the species from extinction.

Najin, 32, is the mother of Fatu who is now the only donor left in the programme, which aims to implant artificially developed embryos into another more abundant species of rhino in Kenya.

There are no known living males and neither of the two remaining northern white rhinos can carry a calf to term.

Najin (left) Fatu (right) pictured below.

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Ashakiran, who came to Toronto in 2006, was euthanized on Thursday following a long illness 

Ashakiran, a greater one-horned rhinoceros known to her Toronto Zoo family as Asha, died on Thursday. She was 17 years old. 

The Toronto Zoo announced Asha's passing on Saturday morning, nearly 16 years after she first arrived — a zoo transfer carried out to help ensure her species' survival.

In 2016, Asha gave birth to a boy: Nandu. Two years later, she gave birth to another boy: Kiran.

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Ricko, a 25-year-old male eastern black rhinoceros, died Friday at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, officials said. The rhinoceros has been at the zoo since arriving in 2009 from a zoo in Birmingham, Alabama.

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

The Tulsa Zoo said one of its white rhinos has died.

Zoo managers said 43-year-old Jeannie was diagnosed with cancer.

She was diagnosed in early April and wasn't expected to live much longer, the zoo said.

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[TQR 14,405]

Chester Zoo has, for want of a better word, ‘welcomed’ a newborn eastern black rhino, a critically endangered species. She was born, in broad daylight, last week. Mother and calf are doing well.