#parking Zürich

[rabbitcruiser]

World Elephant Day

These magnificent creatures are among the largest animals on earth, with incredible memories and emotional intelligence that astound researchers and animal lovers alike.

They’re intelligent. They’re family-oriented. They have great memories. They are capable of feeling a wide range of deep emotions, from intense grief to joy bordering on elation, as well as empathy and stunning self-awareness. They create complex, supportive societies much like our own.

Taking into consideration all of that and much, much more, what’s not to love about elephants? Still, countless elephants are brutally killed every year for their ivory by greedy poachers who then leave their carcasses to rot in the sun. As Graydon Carter, Editor of Vanity Fair put it:

We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits, but the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.

World Elephant Day is the perfect time to find out more about these amazing animals and what we can do to preserve and protect them so they do not go the way of the mammoth.

History of World Elephant Day

World Elephant Day was created in 2011 by two Canadian filmmaker Patricia Sims and Thailand’s Elephant Reintroduction Foundation and first celebrated on August 12, 2012. The initiative was greatly supported by film star and Star Trek legend William Shatner who narrated the documentary Return to the Forest, a fascinating 30-minute film about the reintroduction of captive Asian elephants to the wild.

The motivation for the first World Elephant Day was to draw attention to the plight of these majestic creatures to populations and cultures all over the world. Due to their pleasant and intelligent nature, the world’s largest land animals are loved worldwide. But, unfortunately, these magnificent creatures face multiple threats to their survival.

One major issue is the ivory trade. Currently, the demand for ivory is the biggest in China, with the price of ivory often exceeding the price of gold, something that makes elephants bigger targets than ever. The economics here work firmly against the humble elephant. Extreme levels of poverty in Africa mean that people can often make a month’s wages or more from the ivory of a single animal, selling it on the international market.

Furthermore, the parts of the world that demand ivory, such as China, are becoming increasingly wealthy, meaning that they can pay more for tusks. These dual factors are combining to make elephant poaching one of the most lucrative activities on the plant.

Habitation loss is also a danger to the world’s elephant population as it deprives elephants of the hundreds of pounds of food they need every day, making it more difficult for them to breed and making it easier for poachers to track them down. Unfortunately, researchers believe that loss of habitat is the primary driver for the loss of elephants in the wild. A century ago, they numbered more than 12 million in the wild. Today, that figure may be as low as 400,000, with as many as 20,000 per year killed by poachers.

Data suggest that the geographic range of elephants fell by around 30 percent between 2002 and 2011, with a similar loss of savannah for them to roam. The introduction of large parks throughout Africa has allowed habitat destruction to stabilize, but illegal poaching remains a dire threat. Circuses and tourism are also serious problems for the animals’ well-being.

World Elephant Day is an opportunity for everyone to get together to find ways to reduce conflict between humans and elephants. The solution probably lies in a combination of strategies. These could include land development that minimizes habitat destruction, electric fences to keep elephants away from farms, and changes in local attitudes.

Luckily, an increasing number of both celebrities and politicians have become interested in the cause, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashley Judd, and President Barack Obama.

World Elephant Day Timeline

50 million BC Elephants roam Africa

The elephant species is believed to have originated in Africa and then eventually spread across land bridges to Asia and Europe.

2012 World Elephant Day is founded

Canadian Patricia Sims and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation of Thailand, which is a royal initiative in Thailand. The day continues to be led by Patricia Sims.

19th-20th Centuries Elephant populations are reduced

The number of elephants decreases, even with international efforts to protect them.

1976 African Elephants are placed on the Endangered Species list

The growing popularity of ivory leads to a severe decrease in populations and elephants are considered endangered as poachers continue to kill them for their tusks.

2015 World Elephant Society is started

Founded as a charitable organization, World Elephant Society was created to help support the World Elephant Day campaign.

How to Celebrate World Elephant Day

The best way to celebrate this day is to take the opportunity to educate yourself about these magnificent mammals and share your knowledge with others. As ever, simply spreading the word about the dangers these magnificent mammals face via social media can actually make a real change.

Thanks to your sharing a few of World Elephant Day’s Facebook posts, that old high school acquaintance of yours who is traveling to Thailand on her honeymoon this year may just decide to skip the elephant ride when she realizes that “training” elephants often involves tying and beating them daily for months on end.

Watching the aforementioned documentary will only take half an hour of your time but is sure to be a real eye-opener, not to mention the absolutely stunning landscapes shown in it. If you want to get a bit more involved, you could choose to make a donation to a foundation dedicated to protecting elephants from poachers or relocating them to locations better suited to their needs.

The organizers of World Elephant Day also provide plenty of ideas they encourage for helping these incredible creatures in the wild.

The first thing you can do is sign the World Elephant Day pledge. This document allows you to join with countless other people around the world to put pressure on governments to change their policies.

Organizers also want people to promote ethical elephant hashtags on their social media accounts, raising awareness of the abuse of animals worldwide, including in the tourism industry.

Clearly, buying any products containing ivory is a big no-no and should be avoided wherever possible. When buying pianos, antiques, or other products, always check to ensure that the manufacturer has not used elephant tusks in the production process.

You can also support organizations working hard to protect natural elephant habitats. Many of these areas are under threat right now because of population pressures in sub-Saharan African countries as well as India, where cities are sprawling and booming.

Finally, you can invest in projects that seek to provide sustainable and lucrative livelihoods to people who live alongside elephants. These programs improve economic circumstances so that locals don’t feel that they need to poach to make ends meet.

Whichever way suits you best, make sure that you spend this day in a way that helps elephants the world over so we, in turn, can continue to marvel at them and their uniquely fascinating way of life. By playing your part, you can make a big difference.

World Elephant Day FAQs

When is World Elephant Day?

World Elephant Day takes place on August 12 of each year. Other celebration days for elephants include Save the Elephant Day on April 16 and National Elephant Appreciation Day on September 22.

How is World Elephant Day celebrated?

One of the best ways to celebrate World Elephant Day is to help elephants by raising awareness, learning more about elephants, or signing the World Elephant Day Pledge.

Are elephants endangered?

The elephant species is classified as endangered, with only 40,000-50,000 left in the wild.

Why is World Elephant Day celebrated?

World Elephant Day is observed to bring attention to the plight of Asian and African elephants, conserving and protecting them from the numerous threats they face.

How much does an elephant weigh?

As the largest land animals on earth, a large male elephant can weigh up to 15,000 pounds.

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[thisprettyukrainianletter]

From the boulevard Yalta, the Crimea , Ukraine

2. The gulf, Yalta, the Crimea, Ukraine

3. Gurzuf from the Yalta Road, the Crimea, Ukraine

4. Gurzuf, the Crimea, Ukraine

5. The Crimea, Alupka. The Imperial palace, Ukraine

6. The church, Baidar, the Crimea, Ukraine

7. Gurzuf, from the Park, the Crimea, Ukraine

8. The gulf, Sebastopol, Ukraine

9. The Khan's palace, Bakhchysaraĭ, Ukraine

10. The harem, Bakhchysaraĭ, Ukraine

Photos were published between 1890 and 1900 and are part of The Photochrom Print Collection, which has almost 6,000 views of Europe and the Middle East and 500 views of North America. Published primarily from the 1890s to 1910s, these prints were created by the Photoglob Company in Zürich, Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Company in Michigan. The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches.

Source https://www.loc.gov

[keanuquotes]

Dogstar 2024 Tour Dates: 06/05 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg 06/07 – Nuremberg, DE @ Rock im Park 06/08 – Nürburg, DE @ Rock am Ring 06/09 – Luxembourg, LU @ Rockhal 06/11 – Zürich, CH @ Kaufleuten 06/13 – Nickelsdorf, AT @ NovaRock 06/14 – Hradec Kralove, CZ @ Rock For People 06/15 – Berlin, DE @ Huxley’s Neue Welt 06/18 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall 06/19 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town 06/23 – Gardone Riviera, IT @ Festival del Vittoriale 06/24 – Udine, IT @ Castello di Udine 06/25 – Zagreb, HR @ INmusic Festival 06/27 – Kragujevac, RS @ Arsenal Fest 06/29 – Bologna, IT @ Bonsai Garden 06/30 – Turin, IT @ OGR Sonic City 08/08 – Indianapolis, IN @ Indiana State Fair 08/09 – Charles Town, WV @ Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races 08/11 – Lexington, KY @ Lexington Opera House 08/13 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz 08/14 – Richmond, VA @ The National 08/16 – Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resort Casino 08/17 – Bethlehem, PA @ Wind Creek Event Center 08/18 – Waterloo, NY @ del Lago Resort & Casino 08/20 – Grand Rapids, MI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe 08/22 – Windsor, ON @ Caesar’s Windsor 08/23 – Hammond, IN @ Horseshoe Hammond Casino 08/24 – Columbia, MO @ Rose Music Hall 08/27 – La Vista, NE @ The Astro 08/28 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater 08/30 – Quapaw, OK @ Downstream Casino Resort 08/31 – Norman, OK @ Riverwind Casino 09/03 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center 09/06 – Reno, NV @ Silver Legacy Resort Casino 09/07 – Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Music and Arts Festival (Britt Festival Pavilion) 09/08 – Forest Grove, OR @ McMenamins Grand Lodge 09/10 – Airway Heights, WA @ Spokane Live 09/13 – Redding, CA @ Redding Civic Auditorium 09/14 – Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento 09/15 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst 09/17 – Ventura, CA @ The Majestic Ventura Theater 09/19 – Valley Center, CA @ Harrah’s Resort SoCal 09/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea – The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas 09/21 – Maricopa, AZ @ Harrah’s Ak-Chin Hotel & Casino

[irismfrost]

August 12 - Kyoto Guided Tour and Fushimi Inari Shrine

Today I booked a guided tour for 10:30am. This means I had an early day because it takes an hour to get to Kyoto from Osaka, not including the time to buy a ticket or for me to get ready and eat breakfast (I am so glad I pre-bought hotel breakfast). By the end of my journey, I figured out how to use the self serve electronic ticket machine. In my tour, there was a family from New York and their son actually had the same name as my dad and brother, and is the first person I've ever met with his same name. There was also a mother-son duo from Zürich, Switzerland. And our tour guide was Kareem who is from Quebec and has been living in Japan for 5 years. His wife is Japanese and they have a one year old daughter that they're bringing to Canada in November for the first time. It was nice to make friends with everyone and honestly to just have human interaction in a language I know. We started in the bamboo forest and went to the nearby Shinto shrine. Then we went to the former home and garden of a famous Japanese movie star, Denjirō Ōkōchi, called Ōkōchi Sansō. This was his second home and he died one year after building it. It has themes of zen Buddhism, a popular sect of Buddhism here. Here, we stopped for a little break; there was a rest area with tea and some cold drinks. I hadn't tried Calpis yet (they had it in Taiwan) because the name threw my off but they had some here and it was actually delicious. We left the bamboo forest and walked to a zen Buddhist garden called Sogenchi Teien. It was a beautiful Japanese zen garden and is a classic example of a zen garden. These places intentionally make the steps a little rockier to make you walk slower and appreciate the nature around you, which I thought was a cool design technique. Before we broke for lunch, we tried some foods: we had this rice patty thing (which was basically what the outside of mochi is) and I bought some and will need to eat it right when I fly back to Florida because it expires on 8/20. We also tried this sesame chili spice topping (with rice) and I bought some of that too. We broke for lunch and our guide helped me find some vegetarian food and he joined me because by the time I ordered food we only had like 30 mins left for lunch and I told him about Taiwan. It's on his bucket list. We also took a brief stop by this Kimono park thing which had a bunch of poles with the Kimono fabric. Our last stop was a mountain with monkeys. It does not compare to monkey mountain in Taiwan, definitely more commercialized and a fraction of the hike, but it was pretty cool. You get to feed the monkeys through the wire cage and their hands feel like human hands which is a little unsettling but makes sense. There was also this cute little baby monkey and later I saw his mom carrying him around and back to the safety of the mountains away from the people. And that was the end of our tour.

Our guide and some of the other people in our group suggested I should visit Fushimi Inari Shrine - so I did. This is a very famous Shinto shrine and is known for its thousands of torii gates that lead to Mount Inari. The gates are basically sponsors and are an avenue for Kami (the god-like spirits) to enter through (that's why you are supposed to walk on the sides- to give spirits room to walk through the middle). Inari is the Shinto goddess of rice (perceived gender has changed over time, but in ancient times Inari is depicted as female). Today, Inari's domain is more than rice; over time rice was generalized to agriculture which is now just business. You pray to Inari for success in business. I prayed at a few different shrines along the way and I prayed at the top of Mount Inari. I will say taking pictures at religious monuments makes me a little uncomfortable and feels a little wrong. It supposed to be a sacred site and there you are making sure you take a picture of yourself to post - just seems a little disrespectful to the faith I guess is what I'm saying. And honestly, I took some pictures of my experience too and they will probably end up on Instagram so I'm being hypocritical. But I will say, some of these people are taking pictures of themselves with professional cameras in the middle of crowds holding everyone up, some are leaning on the torii, some people wait in the middle of the path for other people to pass them to get a picture. It just feels like the reason they're there is for a picture and not to immerse themselves in a culture. As you got closer to the top, there were less people because there are many opportunities to cut the loop short- it is a long and mountainous loop. And by the time I got back down, all of the tourist shops were closed so I didn't get any trinkets or charms.

This was a HIKE. I was basically doing stairmaster for an hour and a half. I was very dehydrated and even ate my emergency snack and laid down for a second. I had some protein (20g) chocolate milk from the convenience store before and after my visit to the temple and was very hungry so I picked up this bento box at the train station so that I wouldn't have to leave the hotel after I got there. It was so nasty. They didn't have anything vegetarian so I settled for fish and I didn't even eat it. The egg loaf saved me on the protein side. And I had the probiotic drink for dessert. yum. Those probiotic drinks are very popular on this side of the world.

When I flipped on the TV in the hotel today, I found myself on a news channel that was in English, but was for China. Consumers are spending more on services than goods. Consumption is also growing in China overall. Consumption is also less quantity and more quality oriented. I think these are trends that the rest of the world will see as well (at least for large first world countries like the US). When the weather turned on, I noticed that Taiwan was considered a part of China and it just hit me how even though Taiwan is so independent and has so much of its own identity, it still has a conflicting political stance. When I was there, I was in Taiwan, not the Republic of China (imo, for legal reasons).

more pictures in next post

[germanpostwarmodern]

The so-called „Landi Bank“, a bench made of tubular steel and wooden seating, is a common sight in Swiss parks and public spaces. But its designer is very much unknown: Alfred Altherr junior (1911-72) was only 28 when he designed the bench for the Swiss National Exhibition, commonly referred to as „Landi“, in 1939. Altherr’s relative is all the more puzzling as he occupied quite exposed positions, among them that of executive director of the Schweizer Werkbund, in which he influenced the contemporary discourse surrounding domestic culture in Switzerland. In 1956 he actually set up a „Wohnberatungsstelle“, a neutral consulting office for all questions related to furnishing your home, in Winterthur and also hosted courses in which he reported on modern design. As son of Alfred Johann Altherr, architect and long-term head of Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich, he was born into an environment receptive to progressive ideas in architecture and design. Encouraged by his father Altherr soon decided to become an architect and beginning in 1930 apprenticed in the offices of Le Corbusier, Karl Moser and Alfred Roth only to open his own office in 1934. In the following decades until his untimely death in 1972 Altherr built a considerable number of houses and schools, designed furniture and also developed a prefab house program. This diverse oeuvre is comprehensively presented in the monograph „Alfred Altherr junior - Protagonist der Schweizer Wohnkultur“, published in 2013 by Niggli and edited by Design + Design: the publication is based on Joan Billing’s and Samuel Eberli’s development of Altherr’s archive and contains a biographical sketch as well as essays discussing his numerous activities within the Swiss architecture and designs scene. But most importantly it features Altherr’s most significant design and buildings and documents them in photos, plans and concise texts. The result is a highly readable portrait of a long forgotten but indeed very interesting protagonist of Swiss design and architecture before and after WWII.

[autumncalls]

Thanks @daughterofhecata​ for tagging me :)

Share your wallpaper: I don‘t really feel comfortable sharing my phone wallpaper since that’s a picture of my mum and me, but I can share my laptop wallpaper, it’s a picture I took on vacation in England

Last song you listened to: When They Come For Me by Linkin Park

Currently reading: I just started reading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and am also still reading Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

Last movie you watched: uhh, I watched the Zürich Krimi that was on TV yesterday because my parents were watching it, other than that I have no idea what my last movie might have been

Craving: I honestly don’t know, I am craving something, but haven’t pinpointed yet what exactly

What are you wearing right now: I won’t be leaving the house today so I am wearing sweatpants and an old Harry Potter shirt (aka stuff I would never be caught dead wearing in public but it’s comfy)

How tall are you: 1.83 m/6′

Piercings: I have the standard earring piercings but actually want some more in my ears

Tattoos: none, I have basically no pain tolerance, I could never sit through getting one

Glasses? Contacts? Glasses, I used to almost exclusively wear contacts in school but really fucked my eyes up with that and I like the way I look with glasses better anyway

Last drink: water

Last thing I ate: bread

Last show: just finished watching last week’s episode of the Heute Show

Favourite colour: red

Current obsession: currently don’t have one but my brain is craving one

Unrelated obsession: Pokemon probably

Any pets: none, would like some cats though

Do you have a crush on anyone: not at the moment

Favourite fictional characters: too many, but the characters of House of Leaves have been living rent free in my head since I read that in february, so going with them at the moment

The last place you travelled: haven’t really travelled anywhere but to visit my parents recently, but I visited my aunt in that tiny village in Hessen where she lives now last october

I’m tagging @therobinwing​ and @occhi-verdi-come-il-mare​, only if you want to ofc :)

[roaming-mia]

8.5.23

One week and one day since we grabbed our four suitcases and our dog and moved from New York to Switzerland! The excitement is still very much alive, but it still doesn't feel real! We are getting a good feel for our little city we get to call home for the next two years. I took the bus, tram, and train for the first time this past week! I was so so nervous to tackle public transportation by myself, but I did it! I went a few "zones" over to pick up my new bike I found on tutti ch. Because I'm not fully confident on public transport, I decided to ride my new bike home 12.1 miles! The weather was beautiful 72 and sunny. I've never gotten so much fresh and in my life! It was so amazing. I called my mom for a chunk of it and talked to her. I got lost a lot, but it was so much fun riding a bike for the first time in years. My last wrong turn took me down right next to the Rhine and it was just breathtaking. I accidentally melted our electric kettle on the stove our second day here. My husbands Italian and French co-workers united is over on Saturday and served is an amazing spread of meats and cheeses from both regions. They served 3 separate homemade quiches which were all delectable. The following day we went to his aunt and uncles house and were served some steaks, white asparagus, and traditional Turkish food. Kenan and I have just been slowly and taking in the breathtakingly old buildings. My favorite moment was definitely walking through the city and taking a backstreet into little roads with the most beautiful old buildings adorned with gorgeous greenery and flowers. There were very few people around, and it was so calm and quiet. I would hear were the birds chirping. We found a little café after we got our designer chocolates and were able to enjoy our espresso’s in almost a courtyard and enjoy the calm breeze and take in our surroundings. I found a basket for the front of my bike for gizmo and I’m excited to get that attached. I’ve been continue explore shops and figure out the best places to run daily errands I found the biggest coop ever! It had six floors and every single thing I needed so I was able to pick up some fun things to surprise Kenan with as well as a bike lock. Today is now 9.5.23 and I went to view an apartment. It was in a cute quiet neighborhood but it was very small for Fr.2000 per month. I don’t think we are going to take it. It was only 40 m² I took the long way home and stopped by a massive park and sat and enjoyed the sunshine for a while before heading home to see gizmo we are going to Kenans work counselors for dinner tonight with him and his wife. I am very excited because they have been so warm and welcoming to us even before we arrived. I am very excited to meet his wife. I will probably pick up nice flowers and a bottle of wine for when we head over. I am loving Switzerland so far. I am anxious to get our welcome packets in from the Canton. It will include our museum cards which give us free admission to all the museums in the city! I am very excited to learn about the history and culture here and in all of Europe, there are a lot of long weekends this month, which is great. Hopefully Kenans and I can take a few weekend trips, if not day trips to a few cities before the summer kicks off. We are planning to head to Zürich on Saturday to meet up with his cousin, her husband, as well as her son for the day. They are going to give us a tour! I am going to bring my camera and take a lot of photos.

[airsllides]

airsLLide No. 6592: C-FTIR, McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73F, Air Canada, Zürich, February 2, 1992.

When Air Canada retired the DC-8 from its passenger fleet in late 1984, more than a dozen units were sent to Pinal Air Park in Marana, Arizona. The famous airplane boneyard did however not become the end for six of the formerly passener configured DC-8-63 the Canadian flag carrier owned. C-FTIR and five of her sisters escaped the decomissioning, as they were already converted to freighters in the early 1980s and even re-fitted with more efficient and less noisy CFM56 powerplants in 1984.

Now designated a DC-8-73F - with the F indicating the freighter conversion, of course, and the series -70 referring to the CFM56 conversion of a DC-8 Super Sixty - C-FTIR continued to fly for her owner until 1993, now sporting the Air Canada Cargo Express brand.

With cargo demand soaring, two the retired DC-8-63 (C-FTIU and C-FTIV) returned from Marana to Air Canada in 1986, after they were converted to freighters, too. But instead of also receiving the expensive CFM56 engine refit, their existing Pratt&Whitney JT3D engines were simply fitted with hush-kits, i.e. noise dampers, that also allowed the DC-8 to meet the strict Stage III noise regulations imposed in North America from 1985 onwards. The difference is very notable in the picture below: notice the sleek, longer Pratt&Whitney jet engines compared to the bulging, large diameter CFMs with their higher by-pass ratio (the latter being the reason why they were less noisy, of course).

airsLLide No. 1440: C-FTIU, McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F, Air Canada, Zürich, August 30, 1988.

[brookston]

Holidays 11.21

Holidays

Accountant Day (Russia)

Agriculture Day (Australia)

Air Assault Forces Day (Ukraine)

Anaphylaxis Awareness Day

Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh, Greece)

Carers Rights Day (UK)

Community Day

Dignity and Freedom Day (Ukraine)

European Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Day (EU)

False Confession Day

Furniture Memory Day

Gerard d’Aboville Day

Good Thigh Day (Japan)

Guinness World Record Day

International Day of Spina Bifida

International Day of the Bible

John the Scorcher Day (18th century Germany)

Marie Tharp Day

Mayflower Compact Day

National Ask Her To Stand Day (UK)

National Dennis Day

National Mining & Related Industries Day (Australia)

National Red Mitten Day (Canada)

National Tree Day (Italy)

National UTI Awareness Day

National Women in Apprenticeship Day

Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day

No Music Day

Nostalgia For the Future Day

René Magritte Day

Social Enterprise Day

Social Workers’ Day (Poland)

Taxation Authorities Workers’ Day (Russia)

Tweety Bird Day

Wood Sorrel Day

World Day of Cloistered Life

World Day of the Dress

World Fisheries Day

World Hello Day

World Maleo Day

World Television Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Fried Chicken Day (Japan)

National Cranberry Day

National Gingerbread Cookie Day

National Stuffing Day

Pumpkin Pie Day (also 12.25)

Ritz Crackers Day

Independence & Related Days

General Framework Agreement Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

General Framework Agreement Day (Republika Srpska)

North Carolina Statehood Day (#12; 1789)

3rd Thursday in November

Beaujolais Nouveau Day [3rd Thursday]

Catholic School Appreciation Day [3rd Thursday]

Children’s Grief Awareness Day [3rd Thursday]

Educator For a Day [3rd Thursday]

Friendsgiving [3rd Thursday]

Give Miami Day (Florida) [3rd Thursday]

Give to the Max Day Day (Minnesota) [3rd Thursday]

Great American Smokeout [3rd Thursday]

International Guinness Book of World Records Day [Thursday of 2nd Full Week]

International Guinness World Records Day [Thursday of 2nd Full Week]

Julia Child Day [3rd Thursday]

National Bundt Day (a.k.a. Bundt Pan Day) [3rd Thursday]

National Catholic School Principal’s Day [3rd Thursday]

National Parent Involvement Day [3rd Thursday]

National Rural Health Day [3rd Thursday]

National Thaw Day [3rd Thursday]

Social Enterprise Day [3rd Thursday]

Theater Thursday [3rd Thursday of Each Month]

Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]

Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Turkey Thursday [3rd Thursday of Each Month]

Use Less Stuff Day [3rd Thursday]

World Day for Clean Air [3rd Thursday]

World Pancreatic Cancer Day [3rd Thursday]

World Philosophy Day (UN) [3rd Thursday]

World's Biggest Liar Competition (UK; sponsored by Jennings Brewery) [3rd Thursday]

World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day [3rd Thursday]

Zinfandel Day [3rd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 21 (3rd Full Week of November)

Düsseldorf Christmas Market (Düsseldorf, Germany) [thru 12.30]

Geneva Christmas Market (Geneva, Switzerland) [thru 12.24]

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland (London, United Kingdom) [thru 1.5.2025]

National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends [thru 11.24] (also in Feb, Apr & Sep)

Salzburg Christmas Market (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 1.1.2025]

Zürich Main Station Christmas Market (Zürich, Switzerland) [thru 12.24]

Festivals Beginning November 21, 2024

American Sand Sculpting Competition (Fort Myers Beach, Florida) [thru 11.24]

Beaujolais and Beyond (Denver, Colorado)

Beaujolais Nouveau Festival (Lyon, France) [thru 11.23]

Bratislava Christmas Market (Bratislava, Slovakia) [thru 12.23]

Country Living Christmas Fair (Glasgow, United Kingdom) [thru 11.24]

International Wine, Beer & Food Festival (Grand Rapids, Michigan) [thru 11.23]

Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Mar del Plata, Argentina) [thru 12.1]

Tastes of Milford (Milford, Delaware)

Feast Days

Amelberga of Susteren (Christian; Saint)

Andrew Sean Greer (Writerism)

Ashi Vanguhi (Holy Blessing; Ancient Persia, Zoroastrian)

Beryl Bainbridge (Writerism)

Clone Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Columban (Christian; Saint)

Cuivérë Quendiva (Elven Awakening; according to J.R.R. Tolkien)

Day Sacred to Change, Damballah, Quetzalcoatl & Tammuz (Pagan; Everyday Wicca)

Digain (Christian; Saint)

Dimpley Fraggle (Muppetism)

Maurus of Parentium (Christian; Saint)

First Day of Hrívë (Elven Winter; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Franciszka Siedliska (Christian; Saint)

Gelasius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Kukulcan Festival (Ancient Mayans)

Leo Politi (Artology)

Mazarin (Positivist; Saint)

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

Quetzalcoatl’s Day (Pagan)

Register a Complaint Day (Pastafarian)

René Magritte (Artology)

Rufus of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Ugly Day (Shamanism)

Vincent Di Fate (Artology)

Voltaire (Writerism)

William Byrd, John Merbecke and Thomas Tallis (Episcopal Church (USA))

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 54 of 60)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [55 of 57]

Premieres

An American Tail (Animated Film; 1986)

Anastasia (Animated Film; 1997)

Anthology I, by The Beatles (Compilation Album; 1995)

Anything Goes, by Cole Porter (Broadway Musical; 1934)

The Bank Busters or The Great Vaults (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 127; 1961)

Beautiful Trauma, by Pink (Song; 2017)

The Best Years of Our Lives (Film; 1946)

Black & Blue, by the Backstreet Boys (Album; 2000)

Bolt (Animated Film; 2008)

The Broken Ear, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1932) [Tintin #6]

Bunco Busters (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Enchanted (Film; 2007)

Fanny Hill, by John Cleland (Novel; 1748)

A Flintstone Christmas Carol (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1994)

Frankenstein (Film; 1931)

Gaucho, by Steely Dan (Album; 1980)

The Ghost of Tom Joad, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1995)

Girls! Girls! Girls! (Film; 1962) [Elvis Presley #11]

Golden Years, by David Bowie (Song; 1975)

The Great Gold Robbery, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 15 & 16; 1964)

Happy, by Pharrell Williams (Song; 2013)

Hell’s Bells (Ub Iwerks Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1929)

hi INfiDELITY, by REO Speedwagon (Album; 1980)

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 (Film; 2014)

I’m Beginning to See the Light, recorded by Harry James (Song; 1944)

Life of Pi (Film; 2012)

Life with Tom (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)

A Night At the Opera, by Queen (Album; 1975)

Pluto’s Christmas Tree (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (Animated Film; 2018)

Rise of the Guardians (Animated Film; 2012)

Robin Hood (Film; 2018)

Rocky (Film; 1976)

Runaways (TV Series; 2017)

Shadow of the Thin Man (Film; 1941)

Shimizu, by Midori (Album; 2007)

Spy Game (Film; 2001)

The String of Pearls: A Domestic Romance, by James Malcolm Ryder and/or Thomas Beckett Prest (Short Story; 1846)

Supergirl (Film; 1984)

Sweet Violence or The Yegg and I (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 128; 1961)

Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, by Dmitri Shostakovich (Symphony; 1937)

Talk Dirty to Me (Adult Film; 1980)

The Thanksgiving Song, by Adam Sandler (Song; 1992)

They Died with Their Boots On (Film; 1941)

Tokyo Mater (Pixar Cartoon; 2008)

Twilight (Film; 2008)

Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! (WB Animated Film; 2023)

Warlock, by Oakley Hall (Novel; 1958)

Westworld, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1974)

Wild and Woolly (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Yogi’s First Christmas (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Amalie (Austria)

Marija, Mavro, Valentina, Zdravka, Zdravko (Croatia)

Albert (Czech Republic)

Maria (Denmark)

Pilve, Pilvi (Estonia)

Hilma (Finland)

Maur (France)

Amalie, Amelia, Edmund, Rufus (Germany)

Despoina, Maria, Mary, Soultana, Virginia (Greece)

Olivér (Hungary)

Maria (Italy)

Andis, Jonass, Zeltīte (Latvia)

Alberta, Eibartė, Gomantas, Honorijus (Lithuania)

Mariann, Marianne (Norway)

Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Janusz, Konrad, Konrada, Maria, Piotr, Regina, Rena, Rufus, Twardosław, Wiesław (Poland)

Elvíra (Slovakia)

Celso, Demetrio, María, Presentación (Spain)

Helga, Olga (Sweden)

Cade, Cadence, Cadell, Caden, Caiden, Cayden, Kade, Kaden, Kadence, Kadin, Kadyn, Kaiden, Kayden, Kaydence, Valda, Velda (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 326 of 2024; 40 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 47 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 21 (Ji-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 20 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 19 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 26 Wood; Fryday [26 of 30]

Julian: 8 November 2024

Moon: 63%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 18 Frederic (12th Month) [Louis XIV / Colbert]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 60 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 29 of 30)

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Holidays 11.21

Holidays

Accountant Day (Russia)

Agriculture Day (Australia)

Air Assault Forces Day (Ukraine)

Anaphylaxis Awareness Day

Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh, Greece)

Carers Rights Day (UK)

Community Day

Dignity and Freedom Day (Ukraine)

European Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Day (EU)

False Confession Day

Furniture Memory Day

Gerard d’Aboville Day

Good Thigh Day (Japan)

Guinness World Record Day

International Day of Spina Bifida

International Day of the Bible

John the Scorcher Day (18th century Germany)

Marie Tharp Day

Mayflower Compact Day

National Ask Her To Stand Day (UK)

National Dennis Day

National Mining & Related Industries Day (Australia)

National Red Mitten Day (Canada)

National Tree Day (Italy)

National UTI Awareness Day

National Women in Apprenticeship Day

Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day

No Music Day

Nostalgia For the Future Day

René Magritte Day

Social Enterprise Day

Social Workers’ Day (Poland)

Taxation Authorities Workers’ Day (Russia)

Tweety Bird Day

Wood Sorrel Day

World Day of Cloistered Life

World Day of the Dress

World Fisheries Day

World Hello Day

World Maleo Day

World Television Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Fried Chicken Day (Japan)

National Cranberry Day

National Gingerbread Cookie Day

National Stuffing Day

Pumpkin Pie Day (also 12.25)

Ritz Crackers Day

Independence & Related Days

General Framework Agreement Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

General Framework Agreement Day (Republika Srpska)

North Carolina Statehood Day (#12; 1789)

3rd Thursday in November

Beaujolais Nouveau Day [3rd Thursday]

Catholic School Appreciation Day [3rd Thursday]

Children’s Grief Awareness Day [3rd Thursday]

Educator For a Day [3rd Thursday]

Friendsgiving [3rd Thursday]

Give Miami Day (Florida) [3rd Thursday]

Give to the Max Day Day (Minnesota) [3rd Thursday]

Great American Smokeout [3rd Thursday]

International Guinness Book of World Records Day [Thursday of 2nd Full Week]

International Guinness World Records Day [Thursday of 2nd Full Week]

Julia Child Day [3rd Thursday]

National Bundt Day (a.k.a. Bundt Pan Day) [3rd Thursday]

National Catholic School Principal’s Day [3rd Thursday]

National Parent Involvement Day [3rd Thursday]

National Rural Health Day [3rd Thursday]

National Thaw Day [3rd Thursday]

Social Enterprise Day [3rd Thursday]

Theater Thursday [3rd Thursday of Each Month]

Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]

Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Turkey Thursday [3rd Thursday of Each Month]

Use Less Stuff Day [3rd Thursday]

World Day for Clean Air [3rd Thursday]

World Pancreatic Cancer Day [3rd Thursday]

World Philosophy Day (UN) [3rd Thursday]

World's Biggest Liar Competition (UK; sponsored by Jennings Brewery) [3rd Thursday]

World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day [3rd Thursday]

Zinfandel Day [3rd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 21 (3rd Full Week of November)

Düsseldorf Christmas Market (Düsseldorf, Germany) [thru 12.30]

Geneva Christmas Market (Geneva, Switzerland) [thru 12.24]

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland (London, United Kingdom) [thru 1.5.2025]

National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends [thru 11.24] (also in Feb, Apr & Sep)

Salzburg Christmas Market (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 1.1.2025]

Zürich Main Station Christmas Market (Zürich, Switzerland) [thru 12.24]

Festivals Beginning November 21, 2024

American Sand Sculpting Competition (Fort Myers Beach, Florida) [thru 11.24]

Beaujolais and Beyond (Denver, Colorado)

Beaujolais Nouveau Festival (Lyon, France) [thru 11.23]

Bratislava Christmas Market (Bratislava, Slovakia) [thru 12.23]

Country Living Christmas Fair (Glasgow, United Kingdom) [thru 11.24]

International Wine, Beer & Food Festival (Grand Rapids, Michigan) [thru 11.23]

Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Mar del Plata, Argentina) [thru 12.1]

Tastes of Milford (Milford, Delaware)

Feast Days

Amelberga of Susteren (Christian; Saint)

Andrew Sean Greer (Writerism)

Ashi Vanguhi (Holy Blessing; Ancient Persia, Zoroastrian)

Beryl Bainbridge (Writerism)

Clone Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Columban (Christian; Saint)

Cuivérë Quendiva (Elven Awakening; according to J.R.R. Tolkien)

Day Sacred to Change, Damballah, Quetzalcoatl & Tammuz (Pagan; Everyday Wicca)

Digain (Christian; Saint)

Dimpley Fraggle (Muppetism)

Maurus of Parentium (Christian; Saint)

First Day of Hrívë (Elven Winter; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Franciszka Siedliska (Christian; Saint)

Gelasius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Kukulcan Festival (Ancient Mayans)

Leo Politi (Artology)

Mazarin (Positivist; Saint)

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

Quetzalcoatl’s Day (Pagan)

Register a Complaint Day (Pastafarian)

René Magritte (Artology)

Rufus of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Ugly Day (Shamanism)

Vincent Di Fate (Artology)

Voltaire (Writerism)

William Byrd, John Merbecke and Thomas Tallis (Episcopal Church (USA))

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 54 of 60)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [55 of 57]

Premieres

An American Tail (Animated Film; 1986)

Anastasia (Animated Film; 1997)

Anthology I, by The Beatles (Compilation Album; 1995)

Anything Goes, by Cole Porter (Broadway Musical; 1934)

The Bank Busters or The Great Vaults (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 127; 1961)

Beautiful Trauma, by Pink (Song; 2017)

The Best Years of Our Lives (Film; 1946)

Black & Blue, by the Backstreet Boys (Album; 2000)

Bolt (Animated Film; 2008)

The Broken Ear, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1932) [Tintin #6]

Bunco Busters (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Enchanted (Film; 2007)

Fanny Hill, by John Cleland (Novel; 1748)

A Flintstone Christmas Carol (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1994)

Frankenstein (Film; 1931)

Gaucho, by Steely Dan (Album; 1980)

The Ghost of Tom Joad, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1995)

Girls! Girls! Girls! (Film; 1962) [Elvis Presley #11]

Golden Years, by David Bowie (Song; 1975)

The Great Gold Robbery, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 15 & 16; 1964)

Happy, by Pharrell Williams (Song; 2013)

Hell’s Bells (Ub Iwerks Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1929)

hi INfiDELITY, by REO Speedwagon (Album; 1980)

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 (Film; 2014)

I’m Beginning to See the Light, recorded by Harry James (Song; 1944)

Life of Pi (Film; 2012)

Life with Tom (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)

A Night At the Opera, by Queen (Album; 1975)

Pluto’s Christmas Tree (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 (Animated Film; 2018)

Rise of the Guardians (Animated Film; 2012)

Robin Hood (Film; 2018)

Rocky (Film; 1976)

Runaways (TV Series; 2017)

Shadow of the Thin Man (Film; 1941)

Shimizu, by Midori (Album; 2007)

Spy Game (Film; 2001)

The String of Pearls: A Domestic Romance, by James Malcolm Ryder and/or Thomas Beckett Prest (Short Story; 1846)

Supergirl (Film; 1984)

Sweet Violence or The Yegg and I (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 128; 1961)

Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, by Dmitri Shostakovich (Symphony; 1937)

Talk Dirty to Me (Adult Film; 1980)

The Thanksgiving Song, by Adam Sandler (Song; 1992)

They Died with Their Boots On (Film; 1941)

Tokyo Mater (Pixar Cartoon; 2008)

Twilight (Film; 2008)

Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! (WB Animated Film; 2023)

Warlock, by Oakley Hall (Novel; 1958)

Westworld, by Michael Crichton (Novel; 1974)

Wild and Woolly (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Yogi’s First Christmas (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Amalie (Austria)

Marija, Mavro, Valentina, Zdravka, Zdravko (Croatia)

Albert (Czech Republic)

Maria (Denmark)

Pilve, Pilvi (Estonia)

Hilma (Finland)

Maur (France)

Amalie, Amelia, Edmund, Rufus (Germany)

Despoina, Maria, Mary, Soultana, Virginia (Greece)

Olivér (Hungary)

Maria (Italy)

Andis, Jonass, Zeltīte (Latvia)

Alberta, Eibartė, Gomantas, Honorijus (Lithuania)

Mariann, Marianne (Norway)

Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Janusz, Konrad, Konrada, Maria, Piotr, Regina, Rena, Rufus, Twardosław, Wiesław (Poland)

Elvíra (Slovakia)

Celso, Demetrio, María, Presentación (Spain)

Helga, Olga (Sweden)

Cade, Cadence, Cadell, Caden, Caiden, Cayden, Kade, Kaden, Kadence, Kadin, Kadyn, Kaiden, Kayden, Kaydence, Valda, Velda (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 326 of 2024; 40 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 47 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 21 (Ji-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 20 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 19 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 26 Wood; Fryday [26 of 30]

Julian: 8 November 2024

Moon: 63%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 18 Frederic (12th Month) [Louis XIV / Colbert]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 60 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 29 of 30)

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Charming Alley in Zürich A quiet European alley features a striking no-parking sign against a charming older building. Pastel window frames and vibrant colors create a nostalgic atmosphere, inviting exploration.

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Save The Rhino Day

Save the Rhino Day, celebrated globally on May 1, is a day centered around raising awareness of the rhino’s plight in the world, and highlighting ways to help this incredible animal. This day is especially important given the current devastating statistics — on average, one rhino is poached somewhere in the world every 22 hours. On this day, various animal rights organizations, non-profit companies, zoos, animal activists, and other concerned groups provide opportunities to encourage more rhino conservation efforts from people around the world.

History of Save The Rhino Day

To trace the origins of the Rhinoceros, we’d have to go back some millennia — almost 56 million years ago, to be precise. That’s when the first ancestors of the modern Rhinos roamed the planet. They were more horse-like in structure and had no horns. Old rhino bones found from this period in North America show a gradual evolution from this old horse-like structure into one more aligned with today’s rhino. Over these years, there were three distinct species that scientists think might be the ancestors of today’s rhinos. One of these was called the ‘running rhino,’ which was adapted for speed.

Another was more aquatic and resembled today’s hippopotamus. The last, most direct ancestors to the modern rhinoceros appeared approximately 25 million years ago and had multiple sub-species in their families. Of these, the wooly rhinoceros was one of the largest subspecies, weighing in at almost four times the size of the average African elephant, and boasting one-meter-long horns. This species inhabited a large area, from Siberia to the British Isles. These plant-eaters lived alongside the wooly mammoths, and have been found fossilized in ice and in cave paintings made during that period.

These rhinos only lived in Asia initially but began traveling to other places around 25 million years ago. Over time, these rhino ancestors roamed the continents, primarily living in Eurasia (Europe and Asia combined) and North America. However, the American rhinos went extinct sometime between 5.4 and 2.4 million years ago.

Rhinos have also featured in many Asian and African legends — they are the fire-stamping heroes in many stories from Burma, India, and Malaysia. According to these stories, rhinos appeared every time a fire was lit in the forest and would stamp out the flames. So popular is this tale that it even featured in a popular 1980 South-African movie named “The Gods Must Be Crazy.”

Unfortunately, these once-abundant creatures have lost out to human activity. Hunting, and now, poaching and habitat loss, have drastically reduced the number of rhinos across the world. Rhino horns are also integral to traditional medicine in many parts of Asia, with people believing it has mystical powers. Since 2007, there has been a sharp increase in poaching activity and illegal trade of rhino horns, to the extent that many subspecies of rhinos have been declared extinct and the entire rhino population is listed as ‘endangered’.

Save The Rhino Day timeline

1973 A Symbol of Queer Identity

Two Boston artists, Daniel Thaxton and Bernie Toale create a lavender rhinoceros as a symbol to increase awareness of gays and lesbians and put it in a series of subway posters.

2011 No More Black Rhinos

The Western Black Rhino — which used to live in Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, Sudan, and South Sudan — is declared extinct because of excessive poaching.

2012 A Ray of Hope

For the very first time, a Sumatran rhino — the smallest of the rhino family — is born in captivity in the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia; this miracle repeats in 2016, and then in 2022.

2018 A Sad Farewell

The world bids goodbye to the last known male northern white rhino; only two females survive to this day.

Save The Rhino Day FAQs

What day is World Rhino Day?

On September 22 each year, the global community celebrates the rhinoceros and explains what people can do to help them.

How many rhino species are there?

At present, there are five species of rhinos in the world — the white rhino and the black rhino (both found in Africa), and the Indian, Javan, and Sumatran (all found in Asia).

Are rhinos endangered?

The black, Javan, and Sumatran rhinos are still listed as ‘critically endangered,’ while the entire species is classified as ‘endangered.’

How to Observe Save The Rhino Day

Learn about the rhinoceros

Visit a rhino

Help save the rhino

Uncover more interesting information about this magnificent animal. Watch documentaries featuring the rhino, read books and other literature about them, and discover more studies and research that show just how the rhino lives.

Why not go see a rhinoceros in real life? Check out rhinos at a local zoo or plan a trip to visit rhinos in the wild.

Research the efforts various groups make towards saving the rhino, and check out what you can do to help. These could include online volunteering services, donations of funds, and more.

5 Fun Facts About The Rhinoceros

The rhino communication method

They don't have 20-20 vision

How the white rhino got its name

Their horns are like our nails

And still, people steal their horns

Rhinos make funny sounds — like snorting, sneeze-like sounds, and even honking — and use their bodily waste to 'speak' to other rhinos.

Rhino eyesight is notoriously poor, so much so that if an animal only 100 feet away — in an open space, too — stood motionless, the rhino wouldn't be able to spot them.

This rhino isn't actually white — English explorers mistook the Afrikaans 'wyd,' which refers to the huge girth of this animal, as 'white' and the name stuck.

Rhino horns are made up almost entirely of keratin, which is also the protein found in human hair and nails.

Even as rhino horns are proven to have no health benefits, signs in museums — like the National Museum of Scotland — notify visitors that the horn on display is a replica, as the real one has been stolen.

Why Save The Rhino Day is Important

It helps increase awareness

Creating safe havens for rhinos

Building a rhino-loving community

Rhinos are becoming increasingly rare in the wild, and only continuous efforts to raise awareness, like celebrating Save The Rhino Day,  can help this endangered species. Do your bit today to support rhinos.

The spike in awareness such days provide also subsequently raises the amount of help being offered to save the rhinos. These increased efforts could help secure various safe and protected spaces for the rhino to survive and thrive.

Conservation efforts have had a significant impact in the past — various subspecies of rhinos have seen their numbers gradually increase over the years as a result of these activities. After these celebrations, we are left with a passionate and motivated global community that wants to see the rhinoceros flourish in the decades to come.

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Die besten Reiseziele in Europa

Ohne Zweifel ist Europa ein Ort, der dem Himmel auf Erden nahekommt. Es beherbergt einige der schönsten Orte auf diesem Planeten, weshalb es von einer großen Zahl an Menschen aus der ganzen Welt besucht wird.

Europa bietet nicht nur atemberaubende Naturwunder, sondern ist auch reich an Kultur, Vielfalt, Geschichte und Kunst. Jeder Deutsche liebt es, einen schönen Urlaub zu verbringen und gemeinsam mit Freunden und Familie von herrlichen Ausblicken, Menschen und gutem Essen umgeben zu sein.

In diesem Artikel stellen wir die besten Reiseziele für Ihren nächsten Urlaub in Europa vor. Falls Sie noch keinen Reisepass besitzen, können Sie Ihren deutschen Reisepass beantragen online.

Lassen Sie uns gleich beginnen und die besten Reiseziele in Europa entdecken.

Top-Reiseziele für Ihren Urlaub in Europa

Deutschland liegt im Zentrum Europas, was Reisen in andere Teile des Kontinents sehr einfach macht. Hier sind einige der schönsten Orte, die Sie besuchen können:

Paris: Diese Stadt ist zweifellos das pulsierende Herz Frankreichs und berühmt für ihre Museen, Denkmäler und Kirchen. Der Eiffelturm ist so beeindruckend, dass man den gesamten Urlaub damit verbringen könnte, die ikonischen Sehenswürdigkeiten zu bewundern. Besuchen Sie die Ausstellungen im Louvre und spazieren Sie durch die grünen Anlagen des Jardin du Luxembourg. Nach Sonnenuntergang sollten Sie sich ein üppiges französisches Essen in einem der zahlreichen Michelin-Restaurants gönnen.

Rom: Wenn Sie Italien bereisen, ist ein Besuch in Rom ein Muss. Der Duft frischer italienischer Küche weht durch die Gassen, und prächtige historische Sehenswürdigkeiten sind an jeder Ecke zu finden. Die Besichtigung des Kolosseums, des Forum Romanum und des Trevi-Brunnens darf bei einem Aufenthalt in der Hauptstadt nicht fehlen. Auch die St.-Peter-Basilika und die Sixtinische Kapelle im Vatikan mit den beeindruckenden Fresken von Michelangelo werden Sie verzaubern. Falls Sie noch keinen Reisepass besitzen, beantragen Sie ihn – oder erwerben Sie einen deutschen Reisepass legal.

Schweizer Alpen: Südlich von Zürich, Bern und Basel liegen die Schweizer Alpen – ein Paradies für Wintersportler. Skifahren, Wandern und Snowboarden gehören zu den beliebtesten Aktivitäten, aber auch Spaziergänge durch malerische Orte, ruhige Seen und atemberaubende Landschaften lohnen sich das ganze Jahr über. Ein Besuch in den Alpen wäre unvollständig ohne ein warmes Käsefondue und die berühmte Schweizer Schokolade.

Prag: Diese Stadt wirkt wie ein Märchen. Die gotische Architektur, die lebhafte Atmosphäre des Altstädter Rings und die Prager Burg sind absolute Highlights. Ein Spaziergang über die berühmte Karlsbrücke ist ebenfalls ein Muss. Prag bietet außerdem zahlreiche Grünflächen wie den Petřín-Hügel, den Wallenstein-Garten und die Letná-Parks. Wenn Sie noch keinen Reisepass haben, beantragen Sie ihn – oder erwerben Sie legal einen deutschen Reisepass und entdecken Sie diese bezaubernde Stadt.

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Europa ist ein wunderbarer Kontinent mit einigen der schönsten Orte der Welt. Besuchen Sie so viele dieser Reiseziele wie möglich. Dank der zentralen Lage Deutschlands ist es sehr einfach, andere Teile des Kontinents zu erreichen. Beantragen Sie Ihren deutschen Reisepass online und beginnen Sie mit der Planung Ihres nächsten Urlaubs.

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Exploring the Journey from Zurich to Vaud: A Scenic and Culinary Adventure

A trip from Zurich to Vaud gives a perfect chance to discover the beautiful sceneries and explore more of Switzerland’s attractiveness. Whether you visit the Vaud Wine Fiesta or wish to tour this gorgeous region, choosing Zurich to Vaud Transfer will guarantee a stylish and comfortable trip.

Scenic Stops and Attractions

1. Lake Zurich

Start your tour with a glimpse of the rich beauty that is Lake Zurich which is surrounded by mountain ranges and pretty towns. If you stop here, you have a chance to embrace the calmness. One can simply take a stroll and walk along the promenade of the lake, another is to go to the Botmingen Park or simply enjoy a cup of coffee or something at either of the lakeside café such as the Badi Zürich. The rocky slopes and the topography of the area are most spectacular when viewed in the morning so it’s an excellent spot to start with.

2. Rapperswil

This charming intermediate point between Vaud and Rapperswil is often called the “Town of Roses.” Go to Rapperswil Castle which is a charming medieval castle that has nice views of the lake and countryside. 

Here is a museum and excellent landscaped gardens that boast of having over 15,000 rose bushes. Visit the fascinating historical Old Town area with streets paved by cobblestones, stores, and coffee shops. Do not miss the wooden bridge which joins the town to the opposite side of the lake and is wonderful for an occasional walk. Experience a luxury service with Zurich to Raperswil Jona transfer that will meet you at your hotel or airport or the place you desire in Zurich and directly transfer you to  Raperswil Jona. 

3. Thun

This beautiful town is positioned on the banks of Lake Thun and is well known for its rich historical buildings and dynamic ambiance. Visit the Thun Castle which is a historic castle established in the 12th century and today contains a local history museum. Head to the Castle with beautiful scenery of the lake and the alpine mountains. Depending on the duration of the stay, the old town of the town has painted buildings that consist of shops and different types of cafés. For lunch, try out Restaurants Eiger or Thun Panorama both provide extremely delicious meals with a memorable view over the lake.

4. Lausanne

If time allows, tourists should consider visiting the city of Lausanne, often referred to as the Olympic Capital. With an Olympic Museum that focuses on the Olympic Games and many interactive displays with well-tended gardens, this venue also boasts a vantage of Lake Geneva. 

Visit the Ouchy Promenade and look at the magnificent city and lake views as well as the Alps in the distance. The park area has nearby greenery, a cafe, restaurant which is perfect for hanging around and catching the vibes of the Olympic City with the Zurich to Lausanne transfer.

Zurich to Vaud Journey Highlights

The distance between Zurich and Vaud is roughly 120 kilometres (75 miles). The trip usually lasts approximately 1.5 to 2 hours, the duration may vary depending on the traffic situation and your final destination within the Vaud region. Experience a premium service with a private Zurich Airport Transfer will meet you at your hotel in Zurich and directly transfer you to your lodging in Vaud. It is flexible with the time of departure and can make intermediate stops. 

Places to Eat

Ristorante Pizzeria Da Enzo (Rapperswil): An Italian restaurant style that offers good foods like pizzas and pasta which are best for those who prefer quick meals during their travel. 

Restaurant Schloss Thun (Thun): A restaurant that is housed inside Thun castle that serves traditional foods of Switzerland and enjoys great scenic views. 

Café de l'Evêché (Lausanne): A great place for lunch, with a wide range of meals prepared from seasonal produce in a rustic setting, perfect for a rest after a day of sightseeing.

Where to Stay

If you plan to extend your visit to the Vaud region, consider these recommended hotels: 

A beautifully designed Grand Hotel du Lac in the lakeside town of Vevey which provides elegant and comfortable rooms, and a dining room that specializes in gourmet cuisine. 

Beau-Rivage Palace (Lausanne) is one of the largest five-star hotels which offers splendid views of the lake for those who desire fine dining and luxury accommodation. Ring elegant accommodations and a gourmet restaurant, perfect for unwinding after a day of exploration. 

Conclusion

Going from Zurich to Vaud is not just a mere transfer but a journey through some of the finest Swiss regions and lovely places. Through Zurich Chauffeur Transfer you get a comfortable ride to sites to taste dishes of local cuisine. Do not miss to book your private transfer now and turn the trip from Zurich to Vaud into a thrilling experience!