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It supports some really great initiatives including the Elephant Crisis Fund, the Rhino Recovery Fund, and the Pangolin Crisis Fund, which is near and dear to Thomson.
The Fund also supports projects that restore rhino landscapes and bolster protected area management for rhinos in the wild. Organizations supported by the RRF include the Frankfurt Zoological Society, the Mozambique Wildlife Alliance, Tsavo Trust, Wildlife ACT, Save the Rhino Trust Namibia, and the International Rhino Foundation, to name a few.
The oxpeckers are two species of bird which make up the genus Buphagus, and family Buphagidae. The oxpeckers were formerly usually treated as a subfamily , Buphaginae, within the starling family, Sturnidae , but molecular phylogenetic studies have consistently shown that they form a separate lineage that is basal to the sister clades containing ...
Rhinos also protect their skin in an unusual way: by befriending oxpeckers. This 8-inch-long bird has a wide bill, stiff tail, and sharp claws. They eat ticks and other insects off of the rhino's ...
The preferred habitat is open country, and the red-billed oxpecker eats insects. Both the English and scientific names arise from this species' habit of perching on large wild and domesticated mammals such as cattle and eating ticks. [4] This species's relationship with rhinos gives the Swahili name Askari wa kifaru meaning "the rhino's guard". [5]
For years, options for recovery have been limited, but a newly FDA-cleared external spinal stimulator, ARC-EX Therapy, which received clearance on Dec. 19, may offer hope for people like Owen.
[3] [4] [6] He is a founding director of the International Rhino Foundation, and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. [ 4 ] In 1991, under the presidency of Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. , he donated $20 million to Yale University to start a new program in Western civilization . [ 7 ]
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