Browsing the archives for the White Rhinos category
An anti-poaching ranger training program is now offered at SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary.
South Africa’s SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary has announced its first program for training rangers in counter poaching methods to protect rhinos and other wildlife.
The first set of courses will begin next week.
The duration of the training [...]
WWF takes a stand for rhinos with a new campaign.
In response to the alarming escalation in rhino poaching, WWF has launched a global campaign to raise awareness and funds for the world’s remaining rhinos.
Over the last five years, more than 600 rhinos have been illegally killed to fuel the demand for rhino horn in [...]
A rhino poacher admits to his crime just before dying.
A rhino poacher who was shot during a gun battle with the Anti-Poaching Unit in the Pilanesberg Reserve reportedly confessed from his hospital bed that he was promised R10,000 to kill and de-horn a rhino.
Musa Zondi of the Anti-Poaching Unit said via Eyewitness News that the [...]
Police have nabbed four men on a Limpopo game farm.
Thanks to a tip, police managed to arrest four Zimbabwean men for attempting to kill rhinos in the Lephalale Game Reserve in Limpopo, South Africa.
Fortunately, they were caught before any rhinos were harmed.
Should trade in rhino horn be legalized?
A vigorous debate about the controversial idea of legalizing trade in rhino horn has erupted and is now in full swing on social media networks and the blogosphere.
Supporters such as Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA) claim that legal trade would be tightly monitored and a way to [...]
A farm in Limpopo is the scene of the latest rhino atrocity.
An armed gang of eight to ten men tied up two workers at a Limpopo farm located between Modimolle and Vaalwater, and then proceeded to kill two rhinos and saw off their horns.
This shocking attack reportedly occurred in broad daylight on Monday afternoon.
A second rhino was killed by poachers in South Africa this week.
A female rhino has been found dead near Roedtan in Limpopo. She was shot several times, presumably with an R5 assault rifle and her horns were hacked off. Her hamstrings had also been cut.
The rhino was reportedly 40 years old and her front horn [...]
This male white rhino is the latest victim of the illegal rhino horn trade.
A male white rhino was viciously struck down on Wednesday morning by poachers armed with AK-47 assault rifles. The bold attack reportedly occurred close to Masinda Camp in the iMfolozi Game Reserve.
The rhino’s body – with both horns sliced off – [...]
Vietnam has been identified as one of the major recipients of rhino horn from South Africa.
The demand for rhino horn in Vietnam has increased substantially over the past few years, and the country is currently considered a significant factor in the illegal rhino horn trade.
Most rhino horn entering Vietnam is sourced from South Africa. Rhino [...]
Listen to a one-hour discussion of the illegal rhino horn trade on The WildLife with Laurel Neme.
Recently, I had the exciting opportunity to be a guest on “The WildLife”, a radio talk show hosted by Dr. Laurel Neme. We discussed the illegal trade in rhino horn and the fact that because rhino horn has no [...]
