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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
Phalaborwa Regional Court sentences three rhino poachers to a maximum of 25 years’ imprisonment on various counts WATER and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa on Wednesday welcomed the Phalaborwa Regional Court’s decision... Continue Reading
Parliament’s portfolio committee on water and environmental affairs held public hearings on Thursday on possible solutions to rhino poaching. Eleven rhinos have been killed in South Africa since the start... Continue Reading
There are several practical and highly profitable ways to end the slaughter of Africa’s rhinos, writes Michael Eustace IN 1910, South Africa was said to have 100 white rhinos. With... Continue Reading
The trial of a Free State game farmer and two Thai men accused of hunting rhino and exporting their horns to South East Asia will proceed in June. The date... Continue Reading
SANParks says it will need an investment of close to R400m to beef up security in the Kruger National Park if it is to make any progress in its war... Continue Reading
Cape Town – Investigators need to do more to take down the kingpins of rhino poaching syndicates, the WWF urged on Monday. CEO of WWF-South Africa, Dr Morné du Plessis,... Continue Reading
Harare – A minister in Zimbabwe’s shaky coalition government says he is “astonished” by police claims that his vehicle was used by rhino poachers who are also accused of killing... Continue Reading