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Rhino diary Large-scale organised criminal syndicates are more engaged in wildlife trafficking, seeing the money to be made. And their methods are getting more sophisticated – helicopters, GPS and tranquiliser darts are all being deployed in these criminal activities. So it’s essential that we ramp up our efforts and make greater use of technology to combat the threats to rhinos.
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Rhino diary Every day this week we’ll be posting updates from Rotiken Dennis, a WWF supported rhino ranger working in the Mara region of Kenya. We’re bringing you this special week of content ahead of of ‘Flight of the Rhino’, which is showing on Saturday at 8.30pm on BBC 2. The show will reveal the challenges faced [...]
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From the field Throughout this week we’ll be bringing you updates from the field, courtesy of Rotiken Denis – head of the Masai Mara Rhino Monitoring Team. Read through all of the updates, or have a look at what happened yesterday. — Rhino: Ngnia and calf. Sighting: The two rhinos were sighted browsing. Details: None of the two rhino are [...]
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Rhino diary Every day this week we’ll be posting updates from Rotiken Dennis, a WWF supported rhino ranger working in the Mara region of Kenya. We’re bringing you this special week of content ahead of ‘Flight of the Rhino’, which is showing on Saturday at 8.30pm on BBC 2. Today, find out what rhino monitoring is all [...]
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From the field Throughout this week we’ll be bringing you updates from the field, courtesy of Rotiken Denis – head of the Masai Mara Rhino Monitoring Team. Read through all of the updates, or have a look at what happened yesterday. — Rhino: Karanja Sighting: Karanja was sighted wallowing in a watering hole. Details: Karanja has natural notches [...]
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Rhino diary Every day this week we’ll be posting updates from Rotiken Dennis, a WWF supported rhino ranger working in the Mara region of Kenya. All of this is in the lead up to the Flight of the Rhino, a documentary about the daring plan to fly a whole population of rhinos to a new home. But [...]
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From the field Daily update from the Masai Mara: Pilaso the black rhino and calf Rotiken Denis is the rhino warden for the Masai Mara Rhino Monitoring Team. He is a Masai with a background in wildlife management; joining the rhino monitoring team some years ago, he has risen through the ranks to head up the team. Since [...]
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