#rhinos

· 2w ago

#Research from @uniGoettingen shows #palmoil plantations are bad for #wildlife great and small. Help endangered #elephants 🐘 #orangutans 🦧 #rhinos 🦏#birds 🦆🦉 native #plants 🌿 TAKE ACTION #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🩸🔥❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Palm oil is bad for wildlife great and small: study Palm Oil Detectives

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Palm oil is bad for wildlife great and small: study Palm Oil Detectives

#Palmoil plantations have an overall negative impact on #biodiversity, according to research released this week. The #study, published in Nature Communications, found palm oil plantations are home to fewer insect species than even intensive rubber tree plantations. A forests expert at James Cook University, Bill Laurance, said of the research: “The big message is that oil palm is bad for biodiversity, in every sense of the word — even when compared to damaged rainforests that are regenerating af

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· 3w ago

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Even though they look like elephants 🐘 Baird’s Tapirs are more closely related to #horses 🐴 and #rhinos 🦏🩶 #Endangered in #SouthAmerica from #palmoil 🌴🥩🔥 #meat #deforestation. Help save them! Be #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Baird's Tapir Tapirus bairdii Palm Oil Detectives

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Baird's Tapir Tapirus bairdii Palm Oil Detectives

Baird’s tapirs may look like they are relatives of elephants, but they're actually closer kin to horses, donkeys, zebras, and rhinoceroses. Also known as the Central American tapir, they are the largest land mammals in Central America and a living relic of an ancient lineage. Their robust, stocky bodies and distinctive trunk-like snout make them unique among mammals. However, they are now Endangered, with fewer than 5,000 individuals left in the wild. Tragically, palm oil, soy and meat deforest

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· 1mo ago

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Under constant guard are the last two Northern white #rhinos alive. Evidence of the insanity of #poaching and #trophy #hunting – soon to be lost forever. Mourn for them, fight for them forever! ☠️🦏 END TROPHY HUNTING! #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect

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· 2mo ago

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There’s only a few dozen #Javan #Rhinos left then they’re gone forever- driven to #extinction by #palmoil and timber #deforestation, #poaching and human settlement. Fight back when you #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔💀🔥⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Javan Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus Palm Oil Detectives

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Javan Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus Palm Oil Detectives

The Javan rhinoceros, also called the Sunda rhinoceros, is a critically endangered species and one of the world’s rarest large mammals. There are only a few dozen left alive in Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia. Javan rhinos once lived throughout northeast India and Southeast Asia. Vietnam’s last Javan rhino was poached in 2010. they now survive only in Ujung Kulon National Park on the island of Java, with fewer than 75 individuals remaining. Their decline has been driven by palm oil

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· 2mo ago

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There are only 34-47 #Sumatran #Rhinos left in the wild! 🦏 They face #extinction from massive #palmoil #deforestation and ruthless ivory #poaching. Fight and resist for them – be #vegan and #BoycottPalmOil 🔥🌴🚫#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Sumatran Rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Palm Oil Detectives

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Sumatran Rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Palm Oil Detectives

Sumatran rhinoceros are the hairiest of all rhinos, known as living fossils and related to the extinct woolly rhinoceros, only 80 are left! Boycott palm oil!

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· 3mo ago

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#News: #SouthAfrica is pushing to revive international #rhino horn trade, claiming it means protection. Experts warn it will supercharge demand for #trophyhunting #laundering and #poaching. #Rhinos need protection from disgusting #poachers! @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk #Boycott4Wildlife #AnimalRights

Rhino horn: why South Africa wants to revive the international trade, and why critics fear the consequences

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Rhino horn: why South Africa wants to revive the international trade, and why critics fear the consequences

Exporting rhino horn could generate funds for conservation – but also lead to more poaching.

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· 6mo ago

Chinese court cases reveal most trafficked rhino horns come from Southern Africa https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/chinese-court-cases-reveal-most-trafficked-rhino-horns-come-from-southern-africa/ #AnimalRights #wildlife #rhinos #SouthAfrica

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Chinese court cases reveal most trafficked rhino horns come from Southern Africa

Rhinoceroses, one of the largest groups of animals on the planet, are fighting a battle for survival because of a prized body part: their horn, which they use to defend territories, assert dominance and protect their young. But people use this keratinous horn as medicine, adornment and decoration. In traditional Chinese medicine, it’s believed to […]

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