SA Rhino Blog

17 Jun 2012

Exposed: SA’s dodgy rhino deals

Conservation control failures and abuses are condemning hundreds of SA’s threatened rhino to horror zoos and breeding programmes feeding into the Far East’s traditional medicines industry. Weekend Argus can reveal...

17 Jun 2012

2012 marks the start of the International Year of the Rhino

Increasing alarm for the fate of the two rarest rhinoceros species, and growing concern over the increased illegal hunting of rhinos and demand for rhino horn affecting all five species,...

16 Jun 2012

Dites non au commerce des cornes de rhinocéros

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/dites-non-au-commerce-des-cornes-de-rhinoc%C3%A9ros.html Le lobby pro-commerce a essayé de justifier la légalisation du commerce de la corne de rhinocéros en termes économiques. Ces justifications sont basées sur des hypothèses dangereuses...

16 Jun 2012

TRAFFIC raises awareness of poaching threat in wildlife trade hotspot

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15th June 2012—Over a thousand residents in a poaching hotspot near an important protected area were reached during a three-day exhibition by TRAFFIC aimed at raising awareness...

16 Jun 2012

Sagt NEIN zum legalisierten Handel mit Nashorn

„Der Interessenverband der Befürworter für den Handel mit Hörnern der Tiere hat versucht, sich mit wirtschaftlichen Verbindlichkeiten zu rechtfertigen. Diese zweifelhaften Rechtfertigungen sind fehlerhafte und gefährliche Täuschungen, nur um den...

16 Jun 2012

Hitches see rhino trial postponed

JOHANNESBURG – Lawyers in a rhino-horn smuggling case involving prostitutes posing as trophy hunters said on Thursday the trial that was meant to start in June may only get underway...

16 Jun 2012

CITES praises GEF for approving innovative rhino project

Geneva/Washington D.C., 13 June 2012 – The governing Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved a project that will strengthen wildlife forensic capabilities in South Africa to combat...

16 Jun 2012

SIGN THE PETITION: SAY NO TO LEGALIZING TRADE IN RHINO HORN

Visit the link below and sign the petition to say NO to trade in Rhino horn: The pro-trade lobby has tried to justify rhino...

10 Jun 2012

Chinese e-commerce companies crack down on illegal wildlife trade

Beijing, China – 15 of the leading e-commerce sellers operating in China, including Alibaba, Taobao, and Tencent, have signed a declaration stating they have a zero-tolerance policy towards their services being...

10 Jun 2012

Central African countries agree plan to improve law enforcement and combat poaching

N’Djamena, Chad, 7th June 2012—Central African countries yesterday signed a groundbreaking regional plan to strengthen law enforcement and better combat poaching of elephants and other species at risk from illegal...