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Charlie Allen's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
This week's CAWS, which includes four African animal illustrations, offers a chance to quote the well known A.A. Milne and to post a small Ernest H. Shepard illustration or two. Milne, for the few who may not know, was the brilliant children's author from the 1920's who introduced Christopher Robin, Pooh Bear, plus his innumerable friends, to a huge worldwide audience. Ernest Shepard was the equally...
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Flooring The Consumer (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Michael Cheek from Mohawk is definitely Flooring It Differently ! He came up with the concept behind the Ricko the Rhino SmartStrand Challenge , an ultimate test in carpet durability [i.e., think rhinoceros on carpet for 2 weeks]. What's particularly fascinating about this campaign is that it includes elements of social media. More specifically, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook - a first in the flooring...
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Jackaranda (Free subscription) | 07/15/2009
Kenya seizes coffin-stashed ivory ! Black rhino is found only in eastern and southern Africa Kenyan authorities have seized 300kg (660 lbs) of illegal ivory hidden in coffins on a plane bound for Laos. The haul included 16 elephant tusks and black rhinoceros horns. Officials said the blood on the ivory suggested the animals had been killed very recently. The flight - which stopped in Nairobi - originated...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
NAIROBI - Kenya seized more than 300kg of illegal ivory and black rhinoceros horn - some of it still bloody - on a cargo plane headed to Asia yesterday, wildlife officials said. The blood on some of the 16 elephant tusks and two...
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Bangkok City (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya seized more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of illegal ivory and black rhinoceros horn - some of it still bloody - ...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
Kenya seized more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of illegal ivory and black rhinoceros horn - some of it still bloody - on a cargo plane headed to Asia on Tuesday, wildlife officials said.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
Kenya seized more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of illegal ivory and black rhinoceros horn -- some of it still bloody -- on a cargo plane headed to Asia on Tuesday, wildlife officials said.
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FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The plight of the Black Rhinoceros is, or course, due mostly to the value of its horn and the ferocious poaching that this engenders. However, a contributory factor to the declining rhino population is the animals disorganized mating habits. It...
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has a black rhinoceros once again.
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ZooBorns (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
These photos taken today in Tokyo's Ueno Zoo show their baby Black Rhino living it up! Adult Black Rhinoceros grow up to be nearly 12 feet in length. This little guy still has a ways to go. Photo Credit: urasimaru...
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Liberalguy (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
...sits with her mother in their enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England, May 18, 2009. The four day old calf is the second Eastern Black Rhino to be born at the zoo in eight months." REUTERS/Phil Noble