Bands step up to rock for rhinos
The first Rocking for Rhinos festival will be held on the rolling hills of the recreational park, located in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, over... Continue Reading
Beyond biodiversity: Sustainable development implications of South Africa’s “rhino wars”
It’s a calm evening in South Africa’s Dabchick nature reserve when farm manager Martin Roux hears a shot ring out in the... Continue Reading
Rhino horn use slammed by Chinese traditional medicinal practitioners
ould the ball finally be rolling for a debunking of the ‘medicinal’ myths surrounding rhino horn? That looks possible, with the statement Friday from... Continue Reading
Pensioner to pay after shooting rhino in error
JOHANNESBURG – A man who mistakenly shot and killed a black rhino after mistaking it for a waterhog at the Hoedspruit nature... Continue Reading
Suspected rhino poacher shot dead
A suspected rhino poacher was shot dead and two others were arrested at a game lodge near Modimolle in Limpopo. The police’s... Continue Reading
Asia fuels record elephant, rhino killings: WWF
MANILA — China, Vietnam and Thailand are among the worst offenders in fuelling a global black market that is seeing record numbers... Continue Reading
Legal horn trade ‘disaster’
THE legal trading of rhino horn will cause even more activity in the black market, animal activists said yesterday. “Whenever you... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading