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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

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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Event: June 21, 2025 Book Reading and Scavenger Hunt at Reasonable Books

San Francisco Bay Area people please come to this fabulous event. Win the scavenger hunt and get a huge gift basket! Don’t forget to RSVP! Hope to see you there!

May 10th Speaking Event: Mount Diablo California Writers Club Writer’s Table

SF Bay Area Writers: Please come join me at the May 10th Meeting of the Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club. Writer’s Table starts at 11:15 am and goes until noon. The featured speaker, Allison Landa will follow from 1 to 2 pm and will speak on What Can We Learn About Writing […]

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