Tweet South African media reports that one of the eleven people accused of involvement with rhino poaching was buying live rhinos. The whereabouts of between 20 and 30 rhinos purchased from Kruger National Park have raised more questions in the rhino crime syndicate case involving safari operator Dawie Groenewald. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of [...]
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26 Sep 10
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Posted in African Rhinos, Black Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Southern white rhino, White Rhinos
Tagged Africa, Asian demand for rhino horn, Black Rhino, China, Chinese, Dawie Groenewald, illegal rhino horn trade, Karel Toet, Kruger National Park, Musina, poacher, Poaching, Prachtig, Pragtig, Public Awareness, rhino, rhino crime syndicate, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional medicine, Vietnam
Tagged Africa, Asian demand for rhino horn, Black Rhino, China, Chinese, Dawie Groenewald, illegal rhino horn trade, Karel Toet, Kruger National Park, Musina, poacher, Poaching, Prachtig, Pragtig, Public Awareness, rhino, rhino crime syndicate, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional medicine, Vietnam
19 Jul 10
Tweet University students in Nepal are urging the government to award life sentences to rhino poachers. Students from several universities in Nepal gathered last week to demand that the government amend the National Park and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1973 in order to impose life sentences for the crime of rhino poaching. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian demand for rhino horn, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, Indian rhino, Kathmandu, myths, myths about rhino horn, National Youth Alliance for Rhino Conservation, Nepal, NYARC, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Asia, Asian demand for rhino horn, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, Indian rhino, Kathmandu, myths, myths about rhino horn, National Youth Alliance for Rhino Conservation, Nepal, NYARC, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
4 Jul 10
Tweet Poachers struck again during the World Cup, leaving behind the mutilated bodies of two rhinos. Two female rhinos were the latest victims of South Africa’s poaching epidemic that has brazenly continued during the World Cup. Investigators found one body in the Borakalalo National Game Park in North West, and the other near Bela Bela. [...]
Posted in African Rhinos, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, White Rhinos
Tagged Africa, Asian demand for rhino horn, Bela Bela, Borakalalo National Game Park, China, Chinese, Chinese medicine, FIFA, myth, poacher, Poaching, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam, Vietnamese, World Cup, World Cup 2010
Tagged Africa, Asian demand for rhino horn, Bela Bela, Borakalalo National Game Park, China, Chinese, Chinese medicine, FIFA, myth, poacher, Poaching, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam, Vietnamese, World Cup, World Cup 2010
15 Jun 10
Tweet An updated media release from SANParks states that not one – but two – rhinos were killed at Kruger National Park over the weekend. Sadly, it appears that two female rhinos were killed by poachers at Kruger National Park during the World Cup opening weekend. Earlier reports stated that one rhino had been killed. [...]
15 Jun 10
Tweet Three men were arrested as they tried to smuggle rhino horn to Vietnam just before the World Cup opening. Customs officials at OR Tambo International Airport have arrested three men for attempting to smuggle rhino horn from South Africa to Vietnam. Two of the men were caught just 30 minutes before the World Cup [...]
Posted in African Rhinos, Endangered Species, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Southern white rhino, White Rhinos
Tagged Africa, Asian demand for rhino horn, China, Chinese, Chinese medicine, FIFA, illegal trade, illegal trafficking, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, rhino horn smuggling, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, superstition, Vietnam, Vietnamese, white rhino, World Cup
Tagged Africa, Asian demand for rhino horn, China, Chinese, Chinese medicine, FIFA, illegal trade, illegal trafficking, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, rhino horn smuggling, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, superstition, Vietnam, Vietnamese, white rhino, World Cup
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