Rhino poachers get 14 years in prison thanks to tracking dog
2015-10-27 21:59 Mbombela – Two rhino poachers, who were arrested after they were tracked by a Belgian Malinois dog in the Kruger... Continue Reading
The Rhinos’ Last Shot – a look at the bleak future of the rhino
Most efforts to save rhinos from extinction have been focused on protection and taking out the poaching foot soldiers, the people responsible... Continue Reading
Rhino Task Team arrests two suspects in the Kruger National Park
A Kruger National Park Rhino Task Team has arrested two Mozambican nationals who were in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition... Continue Reading
UPDATE: Hluhluwe rhino death toll rises to 8 By Tamlyn Jolly
8 rhino were poached in 3 separate attacks in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Park. The rhino death toll from the weekend’s massacre in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi... Continue Reading
Mostly female anti-poaching unit from South Africa wins top UN environmental prize
8 September 2015 – The Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit, a South African ranger group consisting mostly of women, has been named as... Continue Reading
In China, Awareness Grows of Africa’s Poaching Crisis
Chinese consumer awareness of the ivory and rhino horn trade’s devastating impact on African wildlife has grown rapidly over the past two... Continue Reading
Poachers in Hluhluwe push rhino death toll to 75 by Chelsea Pieterse
Photograph taken by Megan Lategan ONE rhino died and two others were wounded after poachers darted and dehorned them in Hluhluwe... Continue Reading
Plan B needed to save rhinos BY PAUL HOFFMAN, SEPTEMBER 02 2015
IN THE first four months of this year the rate at which rhinos were poached in the Kruger National Park escalated by... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Want to save rhinos? Look beyond guns and trade by PETER KNIGHTS & ADAM WELZ
A small group of well-heeled rhino ‘farmers’, each sitting atop his own rhino-horn stockpile, has lobbied the South African government to push... Continue Reading
Stumping the poachers by Matthew Savides | 27 August, 2015
Visitors to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park will encounter something unusual from this week: rhinos without horns. The park has taken what it... Continue Reading