Episode 37 - The Weekly News 05-19-2021

Peter’s editorial focuses on World Endangered Species Day. To commemorate the occasion, the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation will be raising funds for Munu, the blind black rhino.The results of The New Big 5 are in! Has your favourite animal made the list?Big cats make the news - a tiger escapes in Texas and lions in a Hyderabad Zoo in India test positive for COVID-19.A mixed bag of rhino news - poaching is up in Botswana, more arrests and convictions in South Africa, Dr William Fowlds leads a team of international experts to insert isotopes in rhino horn and Kevin Pietersen collaborates with Hublot to help Care For Wild.Simon rants about the misinformation in media about the fall-out of Minister Barbara Creecy’s High Level Panel.An up and down week for the Galapagos Islands - Darwin’s Arch collapses but the newly rebranded Re:Wild along with Leonardo di Caprio invest US$43million in preserving this crucial wilderness.