The phrase "precious animals" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe animals that are particularly special or valuable to someone. For example, "My cats are my most precious animals and I take good care of them."
I have seen footage of precious animals screaming in agony as they are caught in steel-claw leg traps or killed in various other torturous methods for "fashion".
While hunting precious animals might seem to jar with the principles of conservationism, Mr Kasaona insisted that in Namibia, it is "sustainable".
If every one of those gardens had a small, reptile-friendly corner, these precious animals could expand their territories further, and have a corridor to travel between Barnes and the next grassy habitat with lots of ponds.
In a building in the compound, the farm's real money-spinner is on sale: bottles of wine, in the shape of tigers, listing as a main ingredient the bones of "precious animals" and of African lions.
Located 160km north of Nairobi, Solio Reserve is the premier place in Africa to see black and white rhino in the wild, but these precious animals are at the heart of a bloody poaching battle.
Solio Reserve is the premier place in Africa to see black and white rhino in the wild, but these precious animals are at the heart of a bloody poaching battle.
These anesthetic procedures are undertaken with appropriate caution; all the people involved contemplate the risks of complications that may result in the loss of the precious animal.
Miss Hillier says the creatures she creates were inspired by the British traditions of customization, a do-it-yourself spirit, punk style — and an Internet tutorial on turning humble paper clips into precious animal shapes.
This is because losing a rhino not only disturbs the ecological balance, but also harms the South African economy through the resulting harm it does to the tourism industry as a job creator, and poses a security threat as international poaching syndicates cross illegally into South Africa to rob this precious animal of its horn," she said.
Lead author Kathleen Buckingham at Oxford University, UK, says that sharing the care of such a precious animal strengthens the bonds that China has with its "inner circle" of countries.
A pure Mithun called Bamen (western Bhutan) and Mencha (eastern Bhutan) bull is a very precious animal for a Bhutanese herder, and this animal will be given utmost respect and care and will not be put to any kind of work except for siring local cows.
