Once dehorned, they were released in eSwatini, formerly Swaziland, earlier in July.
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When a rhino is first dehorned DNA samples are taken for future identification.
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In 2011, two dehorned rhinos were poached less than a week after the procedure occurred.
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The horns and shavings from dehorned rhino are kept in a bank safe or secure depository.
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Three-quarters of Swiss cows, a national symbol and tourist attraction, are dehorned or genetically hornless.
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This award-winning shot of a dead, dehorned black rhino captures the brutality and senselessness of poaching.
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Three-quarters of Swiss cows, who are a national symbol and tourist attraction, are dehorned or genetically hornless.
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About five years ago, their father, a bull, was genetically dehorned by a Minnesota-based company called Recombinetics.
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The main horn from the first rhino I saw dehorned weighed 218g, the smaller horn 215g and the shavings 0003g.
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Up until a few months ago, Brazil was all set to create the country's first herd of genetically dehorned dairy cows.
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A dehorned calf waits to be auctioned off on the eve of the 44th "Schau der Besten" (Show of the Best).
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They have taught park rangers how to retrieve blood, tissue or hair samples from every rhinoceros that is killed, dehorned or moved.
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The same study of dehorning suggests there is no long-term impact of dehorning, as long as all rhinos in an area are dehorned.
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When rhinos in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park were dehorned during the 1990s, the group noted, the majority of them were killed one year later.
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Just because these animals were free to graze in a pasture doesn't mean they weren't castrated, dehorned, and branded, usually without pain medicine or veterinary supervision.
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Workers hold a tranquillized rhino, which was dehorned in an effort to deter poachers of the endangered species, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, South Africa, on Aug. 14.
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For nearly two years the animal geneticist and her team at UC Davis had been meticulously poking, prodding, weighing, and measuring a herd of six young, genetically dehorned Herefords.
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Holsteins are a popular breed for milking, but their horns make them dangerous to work with, so they are normally dehorned as calves, which is messy, and painful for the animal.
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In a last ditch effort to protect its dwindling rhino populations, the country announced that every rhino living in its national parks will be dehorned by the end of the year.
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It's also more humane, PETA said, as the animals who were killed on roads did not have to endure things like getting "castrated, dehorned, or debeaked without anesthesia" and other traumatizing conditions.
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Security has been tight: the animals' location was kept under wraps, they will be given a police escort to the airport, and in Chad they will be dehorned and fitted with transponders.
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"With all 16 rhinos safely captured in South Africa and transported over 700 km across an international border, dehorned and safely released into prime habitat, the second and most arduous phase of monitoring and security has begun," Reilly said.
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He's dehorned, his wings cut off, feathers plucked and rhinestones popped off, until, at the end of this musical romp through the rock star's early career, we're left looking at a man in a simple black Puma tracksuit and wire-rimmed glasses — the antithesis of the bejeweled mad hatter that was his stage persona in the 1970s.
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A dehorned dairy cow in New Zealand Dehorning is the process of removing the horns of livestock. Cattle, sheep, and goats are sometimes dehorned for economic and safety reasons. Disbudding is a different process with similar results; it cauterizes and thus destroys horn buds before they have grown into horns. Disbudding is commonly performed early in an animal's life, as are other procedures such as docking and castration.
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Howard R. Lamar (1977), p. 272 Before a drive, a cowboy's duties included riding out on the range and bringing together the scattered cattle. The best cattle would be selected, roped, and branded, and most male cattle were castrated. The cattle also needed to be dehorned and examined and treated for infections.
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Their coat is almost entirely black, with a little white on the udder. The horns are whitish with dark tips, but they are usually dehorned. Cows weigh about and produce of milk per lactation. The globules of fat are very small which makes the milk eminently suitable for the production of cheese, butter and yoghurt.
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The animal to be dehorned is usually restrained, either using a dehorning table or with chemical restraint —sedation. This ensures that the dehorning procedure can be done safely and properly. Young calves are run through a head gate (similar to a cattle crush) or haltered. Calves more than a few months old are held in a head gate and their head restrained with a dehorning table or chin bar.
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The red colour can vary from very deep to a lighter shade; according to the U.S. Ayrshire Breeders' Association, "[t]here is no discrimination or registry restriction on color patterns for Ayrshires." Calves are normally dehorned to reduce injuries to other cattle and human handlers. If they are not polled, their horns can grow up to in length. Due to the environment of their native Scottish lowlands, they are typically strong and adaptable to many farming methods.
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Many breeds of cattle and sheep are naturally hornless. The polled gene can occur naturally in particular breeds or easily manipulated during breeding to lack horns, therefore do not need to be dehorned or disbudded. Although polling is common among cattle and sheep, a variety of livestock species cannot easily be bred to lack horns naturally. In one case, the poll gene in goats was linked to hermaphrodism in a single study several decades ago, although fertile polled goats have been bred.
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Originally, all SIG P220s were DA/SA and featured a decocking lever (and no external safety) just forward of the slide catch. This changed with the introduction of double-action only (DAO), Double Action Kellerman (DAK), and single action (SA) models. The DAO and DAK models do not have a de-cocking lever or safety, and the SA models only feature an M1911 style external safety. SIG has also introduced the SAS (SIG Anti-Snag) model—which is dehorned, has no accessory rail, and is designed for concealed carry—and the Elite model, which includes the new short-reset trigger, a beavertail grip, front strap grip checkering, and front slide cocking serrations.
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In 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) survey suggested that most cattle in the U.S. were disbudded or dehorned without the use of anesthesia at that time. The survey showed that more than nine out of ten dairy farms practiced dehorning, but fewer than 20 percent of cattle dairy operations used analgesics or anesthesia during the process. While animal rights groups, like the Humane Society of the United States, condemn the practice of dehorning, ending it would mean increased horn-related injuries to cattle and humans. Polled genetics, long a staple in beef cattle breeding are becoming more popular among dairy farmers, with more polled calves being born to dairy cattle every year.
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