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Oregon Zoo King the rhino

Oregon Zoo King the rhino

  • Photo courtesy of the Oregon Zoo
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King — a 3,000 pound rhinoceros — has made the Oregon Zoo’s Rhino Ridge his home. 

Sports

CG ‘AAA’ Hustlers fall to 1-8 overall

  • Ray Rodriguez
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The Columbia Gorge ‘AAA’ Hustlers moved their record to 1-8 on the year after a pair of losses to Showtime and the Champion Rhinos in American Legion games played on Wednesday and Thursday at Quinton Street Ballpark.

Letters to the editor

Letter to the editor: M100 is protection

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To the editor: African elephants and rhinos may seem far away but Measure 100 is a way to help protect them. Poaching endangered animal parts is big business, and a cruel one. Among illegally trafficked goods, only drugs, weapons, and human trafficking generate larger dollar volumes worldwide.

Gorge Life

Locals participate in global rhino-elephant march

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Hood River participated as the only Oregon event in last weekend’s Global March for Elephants and Rhinos. Some cities also rallied for tigers and lions as citizens spread awareness to the rapid decline of iconic species, mostly due to increased poaching in wildlife trafficking.

Calendar

Elephant-rhino event Oct. 4 in Parkdale

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On Oct. 4, people from around the world, on six continents in 123 cities, will march for elephants and rhinos to raise awareness and ask governments to take action to end trafficking in ivory and rhino horn.