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3/5/19 Ohlone Audubon – Birds and Rhino Poaching:  The Best and Worst of South Africa and Botswana

March 5, 2019 – 7:00 pm
Meeting Location:
Robert Livermore Community Center,
4444 East Avenue, Livermore CA 94550
Some of the best bird and animal sightings from my 2015  trip to South Africa and Botswana will be shared.  As amazing as Africa’s living zoo is, there is also a dark side to this country.  In 2015, a new record was set for largest number of rhinos poached. This travesty is being fueled by demand for the keratinous material in the horn in the Asian market, based on the misguided belief that the horn has curative powers for everything from hangovers to impotency to cancer.  Driven largely by China and Vietnam, the heaviest consumers, an ounce of rhino horn (essentially the same material as our fingernails) is considered more valuable than gold.  A single rhino horn can go for a half-million dollars. There are now only two northern white rhinos left on the planet and just 5,000 of black rhino are left in the world today.  I will present the myriad of solutions that are being considered to address the problem.  If the current rate of poaching is not curtailed, wild rhinos could become extinct within the next few decades.

Filed Under: Events, rhino, rhino poaching Tagged With: birds of South Africa and Botswana, rhino poaching

1/26/19 Rhino Conservation and Book Event at Wildbirds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill, CA

Jill Hedgecock will give a presentation on rhino conservation and the birds of Southern Africa followed by a book signing for Rhino in the Room in Pleasant Hill, CA.  Please come join me from 11 am to noon on 1/26/19    692 Contra Costa Blvd.

Filed Under: Events, rhino, rhino in the room, rhino poaching

December 2018 Diablo Gazette

My book review of Bloodhorn by Graham Spence, a book about the underworld of rhino poaching and a worthwhile read for rhino lovers, can be found on page 12.
 
Check out sweet little Stanley in my Rubydoobydo dog rescue column on page 15 if you (or someone you know in the SF Bay Area) are wanting some doggie love in your life! Little Stanley has some minor skin issues but he makes up for this shortcoming with a giant heart!
 
http://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Diablo-Gazette-December-2018-Digital.pdf

Filed Under: Book Review, Diablo Gazette, dog rescue, Dogs, rhino, rhino poaching Tagged With: Bloodhorn, Graham Spence, Ozzie Pound Puppies

Book Review, Dog Rescue, and Help Rhinos by Breaking a World Record

Diablo Gazette contributions:

Details about Rhino Record, a project to break the Guinness World Record and raise awareness about rhinos, can be found on pages 2 and 3.

My book review column featured The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff (page 12).  My dog rescue column (check out sweet Vegas) on page 15.  Also check out my article on Ann Steiner’s advice on Navigating Family Dynamics During Thanksgiving  on page 15.

Click to access Diabo-Gazette-NOV2018-Digi.pdf

 

 

Filed Under: Book Review, Diablo Gazette, dog rescue, Dogs, rhino, rhino poaching, Ruby Dooby Do Tagged With: Dog rescue, Dr. Ann Steiner, Guinness Book of World Record, Orphan's Tale, Pam Jenoff, rhino, rhino poaching, Ruby Dooby Do

12/1 Rhino in the Room Book Event – Multicultural Children’s Bookstore – Come Purchase a Signed Copy

Jill Hedgecock will do a reading and book signing for Rhino in the Room in Richmond, CA.  Please  join her at 3:30 pm on 12/1.  2325 Hilltop Mall Rd, Second Floor, near Sears.

Filed Under: Events, Reading, rhino, rhino poaching Tagged With: book signing, rhino in the room, rhino poaching

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Upcoming Event-2/13/21 Mount Diablo CWC

Jill: The End: Finding the Best Way to Wrap It All Up Penny Warner: Writing Dialogue 10 am 2/13/20 $5 CWC members; $10 nonmembers https://cwcmtdiablo.org/current-cwc-mt-diablo-meeting/: Whether it’s a chapter ending or the conclusion of a novel or memoir, endings matter. Not every chapter needs to end with a cliffhanger, but there should be a sense of […]

9/12/20 Speaker: Writing for a Cause – Zoom Writers Table – Mount Diablo California Writers Club

I will be speaking with the amazing Lucinda Jackson on 9/12 at the September Mount Diablo California Writers Club Zoom Meeting on the subject of Writing for a Cause. Join us and the featured speaker, Joan Gelfand, speaking on the 4Cs of Successful Writers. Registration required:  https://cwcmtdiablo.org/current-cwc-mt-diablo-meeting/: Registration Fee:$10  9:30 am Sign in and Breakout Rooms […]

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