South Africa has tried desperately to help save the rhino population from further depleting. With government-implemented plans of airlifts, voluntary anti-poaching teams, discrete relocation of rhinos, and thousands of dollars spent on high-tech surveillance and security, the country and its people are attempting to save one of the Big Five from extinction. New ways of combatting poachers are constantly being brain stormed. The most recent idea being implemented is utilizing abseiling attack dogs to protect the rhinos from threatening poachers. The dogs will abseil from a helicopter for about 100 feet into a bush clearing below alongside their masters, who also repel. Once on theRead More →

For hundreds of years, the white lion was thought to be a figment of legend circulating South Africa – similar to unicorns, dragons, and fairies; creatures that are not real, but celebrated in culture, literature, and certain beliefs. In the early 1900’s, it was discovered that white lions are, in fact, real animals living on the earth. Because of the relatively recent discovery of these creatures, white lions have not been studied to the fullest extent, and there is quite a bit of controversy regarding their maintenance for the future. Let’s begin with what most people do know: white lions look just like lions, onlyRead More →

For hundreds of years, the white lion was thought to be a figment of legend circulating South Africa – similar to unicorns, dragons, and fairies; creatures that are not real, but celebrated in culture, literature, and certain beliefs. In the early 1900’s, it was discovered that white lions are, in fact, real animals living on the earth. Because of the relatively recent discovery of these creatures, white lions have not been studied to the fullest extent, and there is quite a bit of controversy regarding their maintenance for the future. Let’s begin with what most people do know: white lions look just like lions, onlyRead More →