SA Rhino Blog

09 May 2012

Seizure of assets of suspected rhino poachers ‘sends strong signal’

World Wide Fund for Nature official commends Asset Forfeiture Unit’s seizure of assets valued at R55m from suspected poachers TWO global environmental groups have welcomed South African authorities’ seizure on...

04 May 2012

Trade in rhino horn will be slow process

Sale of rhino horn, some believe, will remove black-market trade and decrease the level of poaching WHILE Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa would explore the viability of introducing trade in...

02 May 2012

SA mulling rhino-horn trade, says minister

According to reports, South Africa has an estimated 20-ton stockpile of rhino horn, the price of which is estimated at more than R500000 a kilogram SOUTH Africa is considering whether...

25 Apr 2012

SA in spotlight in war against rhino poachers

World Wide Fund for Nature says world is watching as court case against 11 rhino poaching suspects is postponed in Musina Magistrate’s Court THE world is watching South Africa to...

16 Apr 2012

New laws take effect as year’s rhino toll reaches 171

Laws regarding for trophy hunting and marking rhino horns to help curb rising number of South Africa’s rhinos being killed by poachers NEW norms and standards for trophy hunting and...

05 Apr 2012

Demand drives rhino killings

South African government working with the Vietnamese to stop abuse of hunting permits, Hanoi asked to conduct inspections of rhino trophies NGUYEN Huong Giang loves to party but loathes hangovers,...

05 Apr 2012

No rhino hunt permits for Vietnam

Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says South Africa will refuse all rhino hunting permit applications from hunters in Vietnam SA WILL refuse all rhino hunting permit applications from...

22 Feb 2012

Solution to rhino killings ‘lies in hi-tech’

Diceros — a partnership between wild life monitor Wildlife ACT and Stone Holdings, a security design company — has unveiled its technological solution to the poaching surge in SA UNTIL now,...

21 Feb 2012

Rhino-horn gang strikes at German museum

Four men distract staff at museum in south-western Germany and steal horns from rhino head on display BERLIN — A gang of four has carried out an “unbelievably audacious” theft...

09 Feb 2012

Rhino dies as vets apply anti-poaching treatment

INTERVENTION: Danielle Sneider, a veterinary assistant, helps wildlife vet Charles van Niekerk insert microchips, dye and parasiticides into the horns of a Gauteng rhino in a bid to make the...