Just in time for World Rhino Day on September 22, it is timely that good friend and wildlife veterinarian, Dr Peter Morkel and others have been awarded the Ig Noble Prize which is presented by Nobel laureates in a ceremony at Harvard University, and is followed by the winners’ public lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2]
The citation reads ‘’For determining by experiment whether it is safer to transport an airborne rhinoceros upside-down. Full details can be found here.
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World Rhino Day 22 September 2021
Covid 19 (Sydney 2020)
The Plight of the Rhino -Population numbers continue to decline.
Rhino horns worth more than R50 million seized at OR Tambo Airport
NYTimes: The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth
Ray with Mick Molloy and Jane Kennedy on Triple M
Listen to Ray on Eastside Radio (1 Sep 2020)
Avery and Grace reading Grandpa’s newly published book
I Am a Vet
For the Rhino
RHINOS AND COVID-19 – THE PERFECT STORM?
In the past few months, a number of momentous events have occurred which, in my view, will increase the onslaught on the world’s remaining rhinos. All of these are interlinked and COVID-19 could be the catalyst for a spike in poaching of rhino and other threatened wildlife.
