Rhino Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife

by Garry Hamilton

Book Overview

A rhinoceros is a powerful beast weighing 3 tons or more and wielding a deadly horn up to five feet long. Ruthlessly slaughtered for centuries, rhinos are suddenly one of conservation's great success stories as populations of white rhinos and black rhinos recover. Even so, rhinos are still at risk: Javan and Sumatran rhinos are close to extinction and the world rhino population is still less than it was just 30 years ago. RHINO RESCUE profiles people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552979105
• ISBN13: 9781552979105
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

I bought this for my daughter, who loves Rhinos. I didn't expect to learn as much as I did.