Rhinoceros Eyes

According to the World Conservation Union (WCU), “The West African black rhino is now feared extinct,” the Switzerland-based environmental group said, and Africa’s northern white rhino could soon follow.
Northern Cameroon has been combed extensively by air to try to locate this sub-species’ last known natural habitat and no critters of this group were found. […]

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The BBC has published an article about a research student at Bangor University named Lindsay Peppin.
“The idea is to link up blood stains, on a poacher’s clothing for example, to a rhino carcass,” she said.
Peppin is working on animal forensics and genetic fingerprinting, similar to human DNA analysis, in conjunction with the University of Pretoria […]

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