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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 [...]
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.
The fate of a Chinese rhino horn smuggler is being considered by the Jiangnan District Court.
A public hearing regarding the case of illegally transporting two rhino horns was reportedly held earlier this week in Jiangnan District Court of Nanning City, Guangxi Province.
The prosecuting attorney recommended that the suspect – a TCM practitioner who confessed [...]
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 – [...]
Two rhino horn and bear gall bladder smugglers have been arrested just outside Nepal’s capital.
Undercover police have arrested two members of a wildlife smuggling operation near Kathmandu. The officers posed as buyers and confiscated one rhino horn and two bear gall bladders.
Both rhino horn and bear bile are prized ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine.
Contrary to popular belief, Yemen is not a factor in today’s illegal rhino horn trade.
Although Yemen was once the primary destination for illegal rhino horn from Africa, today that distinction belongs to the traditional medicine markets of China and Vietnam.
