SA Rhino Blog

22 Jun 2016

Game guide link in poaching arrests

By Gareth Wilson on June 21, 2016 A FIELD guide at a top Garden Route game reserve who is possibly linked to a spate of poachings across South Africa is...

09 Jun 2016

Wildlife Crime: Why do local communities poach?

By The Global Initiative Posted May 23, 2016 In discussions around southern Africa’s wildlife crime challenges, is usually assumed that there is a high degree of engagement by communities that...

09 Jun 2016

What cigarettes, kidneys and rhinos have in common

Posted on 30 May, 2016 by Janine Avery “The rhino horn trade is one of the most successful examples of illicit entrepreneurship in the world.” This striking statement was made...

26 May 2016

Who is gaining from illegal wildlife trade?

Inside Story 25 May 2016 03:39 GMT Environment, Europe, Wildlife UN says virtually every country in the world plays a role either as a source, transit or destination for the...

25 May 2016

Supreme Court of appeal judgment on domestic moratorium on trade in rhino horn

24 May 2016 The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has noted the judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the matter between the Minister of...

20 May 2016

Minister Edna Molewa on the Committee of Inquiry into the feasibility of a legal trade in rhino horn, or not

8 May 2016 Ladies and Gentlemen, You may recall that the Committee of Inquiry was established as South Africa was experiencing continuously increasing levels of poaching despite the various interventions...

20 May 2016

South Africa Conviction Rate ‘Pitiful’ for Rhino Crimes?

BY MELANIE VERWOERD 13 MAY 2016 ANNAMITICUS When it comes to statistics, the devil is always in the detail – or in the spin, when it come to politics. The...

20 May 2016

Victory For Rhinos: Vietnam Admits Horns Can’t Cure Cancer (Duh)

By Melissa Cronin May. 15, 2014 Vietnam took a huge step forward in the fight against wildlife trafficking this week, when the country’s Ministry of Health and the Traditional Medicine...

18 May 2016

High-level report calls SA wildlife trade policy reckless

BY DON PINNOCK PHOTO DON PINNOCK JUNE 13 2014, 11:47 TWO top international economists say those who advocate trade in rhino horn and ivory fail to understand world markets or...

18 May 2016

CITES Appendix I Protection Proposed for African Lions

CITES Appendix II has proven insufficient to halt the precipitous decline of lion populations and the Appendix I listing is long overdue. Photo by David Dennis via Wikimedia Commons By:...