Why the habit of wanting to own a piece of nature’s beauty needs to be broken When thinking about wildlife, what image first comes to mind? Elephants rubbing up against trees, or perhaps tigers stalking deer through the jungle? Unfortunately, humans’ love affair of wildlife is also associated with a darker side: the desire to […]
Posts tagged Rhinos
Synthetic Rhino Horn: For Conservatio...
All species of rhinos are disappearing worldwide, possibly they could all be gone by 2020. There have been discussions recently about a new strategy to attempt curbing poaching with flooding the market with a new synthetic horn equivalent engineered by the bioengineering company, Pembient. But would it really help kill the illegal trade? According to […]
The Fight for Saving Hope…
People around have asked me to explain this drawing that I tweeted on May 25th. What animal is this? what is that pink and blue patch? what is this sketch about?… Who is she? First let me introduce you to Hope. She is female rhino around 4 years of age. She was poached, her horn hacked off and left for dead.She […]
When the Buying Stops, the Killing Ca...
Working in Vietnam to stop rhino horn trade (Warning: Graphical content). “When you’re buying rhino horn, you are part of a criminal ring of cold blooded killers, smugglers and corrupt officials and because you are the one paying them that makes you the boss. When the buying stops, the killing can too…” A powerful message from […]