‘Ridiculous’ plan developed at Florida zoo saves wild rhino’s eyesight in Africa

Animal behaviorists partnering with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in Florida traveled to Africa in August to help ...

Florida conservationists save vision of endangered African rhino with 'bleeding eyes'

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Corralling a wild rhinoceros into a small chute to give it eyedrops might seem like a crazy plan. But ...

Animal behaviorists help save endangered rhino with unique eyedrop plan

Animal behaviorists partnering with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in Florida traveled to Africa last August to ...
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Florida Zoo Creates ‘Ridiculous’ Plan to Stop a Wild Rhino from Going Blind. Surprisingly, It Worked

Officials decided to attract a white rhino in Africa into a confine and deliver eye drops to him.
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Rescue Mission: Innovative Eyedrops Save Endangered Rhino

Animal behaviourists and the Palm Beach Zoo teamed up to aid an endangered white rhino in Zimbabwe suffering from a severe eye infection. The intervention involved comforting the rhino with its ...
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Critically endangered rhinos get big boost in fight to survive: 'It's a powerful example of what we can achieve'

The once-extinct black rhino population in Mozambique is poised for a comeback after five decades thanks to a generous donation by South Africa. Ten of these critically endangered rhinos were ...
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Genome of near-extinct northern white rhino offers hope for reviving the species

The northern white rhinoceros is one of the rarest animals on Earth, with just two females left and no natural way for the species to reproduce. Now, an international team of scientists at Scripps ...

Innovative plan at Florida zoo successfully saves endangered rhino's vision in Africa

A unique treatment plan by Florida's Palm Beach Zoo has successfully preserved the eyesight of an endangered white rhino in ...
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Rhino Genome Mapped in Hopes of Species Rescue

In a Kenyan wildlife conservancy near the equator, armed guards protect two northern white rhinoceroses, Najin and Fatu. They are the last two northern white rhinos alive—both non-reproductive females ...
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Experts Confirm Wild Birth of Critically Endangered Black Rhino, a Species with Less Than 600 Animals Left

The new eastern black rhinoceros is believed to be about six months old Munib Chaudry/Getty; Big Life Foundation A new eastern black rhino has been born in the wild in Kenya The critically endangered ...